Lingua franca : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lingua franca	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lingua franca
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lingua franca n a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" Synonym(s): lingua franca, interlanguage, koine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lingua Franca \Lin"gua Fran"ca\ (l[icr][nsm]"gw[adot] fr[acr][nsm]"k[adot]). [It., prop., language of the Franks.] The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lingua Franca \Lin"gua Fran"ca\ Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.