单词 | trade language |
释义 | > as lemmastrade language trade language n. a language used by speakers of different languages as a common medium of communication for trading purposes; a lingua franca.rare before 19th cent.In quot. 1662 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > international universal language trade language1662 world language1855 supralanguage1969 the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec. trade language1662 lingua franca1666 Mobilian1840 lingua geral1841 Nago1884 Papiamentu1895 Police Motu1933 Sango1948 Macanese1962 1662 J. Owen Animadversions Fiat Lux xviii. 363 The Latin Tongue..is..the trade-Language of Religion amongst learned men. 1846 H. Hale U.S. Exploring Exped.: Ethnogr. & Philol. 635 The trade-language, or..Jargon, in use on the Northwest Coast. 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali p. xxiii Malay was the trade language between Balinese and foreigners. 2008 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 14 899/2 Celtic was possibly the trade language linking the region further. < as lemmas |
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