释义 |
lingua francalin‧gua fran‧ca /ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ noun [countable usually singular] lingua francaOrigin: 1600-1700 Italian ‘tongue of the Franks’ - Swahili is the lingua franca of East Africa.
- And in a country whose language has become the world's lingua franca its literary culture is its culture.
- Photographic reportage, the cinema and television have produced a lingua franca of universally comprehensible pictures.
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