WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024koi•ne (koi nā′, koi′nā),USA pronunciation n. - Language Varieties(usually cap.) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Linguisticsa lingua franca.
- Greek koiné̄ (diálektos) common (dialect); see ceno-2
- 1910–15
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koine /ˈkɔɪniː/ n - a common language among speakers of different languages; lingua franca
Etymology: from Greek koinē dialektos common language Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Koine /ˈkɔɪniː/ n - the Koine ⇒ (sometimes not capital) the Ancient Greek dialect that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely used throughout the E Mediterranean area in Roman times