lingua francanoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌlɪŋ.ɡwə ˈfræŋ.kə/us/ˌlɪŋ.ɡwə ˈfræŋ.kə/a language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages :
The international business community sees English as a lingua franca.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- legalese
- lingo
- metalanguage
- newspeak
- non-standard
- officialese
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- speak
- telegramese
- tongue
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