Lingua Franca Definition

frăngkə
lingua-francas
noun
A hybrid language based on Italian, with Spanish, French, Greek, and Arabic elements, spoken, esp. formerly, in certain Mediterranean ports.
Webster's New World
A language used for communication between different peoples, as English in global commerce, or Swahili in C Africa.
Webster's New World
A hybrid language used for this purpose, as pidgin English.
Webster's New World
Something that is like a common language.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lingua Franca

Noun

Singular:
lingua franca
Plural:
lingua-francas, lingue-franche

Origin of Lingua Franca

  • Italian lingua language franca Frankish (that is, European)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian lingua franca (“Frankish language")

    From Wiktionary

Lingua Franca Sentence Examples

  • English is becoming one lingua franca which of us cause to sigh with relief!

  • The Great Vehicle arose in the very stronghold of Brahminism, and among a people to whom Sanskrit, like Latin in the middle ages in Europe, was the literary lingua franca.

  • English operates as an international lingua franca and the great majority of communication in English is between people who come from non-Anglo backgrounds.

  • Hausa is the lingua franca of the whole.

  • Long before English became the lingua franca of the Internet age, the world has wanted a common language.

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Words Starting With

LLILIN

Words Ending With

ACANCA

Unscrambles

lingua franca

Words Starting With L and Ending With A

Starts With L & Ends With AStarts With LI & Ends With AStarts With L & Ends With CA

Word Length

13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With L13 Letter Words Ending With A