单词 | koine |
释义 | koine/ˈkɔɪniː /noun [mass noun] 1The common language of the Greeks from the close of the classical period to the Byzantine era.Church services are conducted in koine, a later form of ancient Greek in which the New Testament is written....
1.1 [count noun] A common language shared by various peoples; a lingua franca.By the early eighteenth century, American varieties of English, extraterritorial immigrant koines, began to emerge in several regions....
OriginLate 19th century: from Greek koinē (dialektos) 'common (language)'. |
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