English as a lingua franca: a form of English that is sometimes used as a way of communicating by people whose first languages are not English, and that has some features that are not usually considered to be correct in standard English
Synonyms and related words
Varieties and types of English
AAE
Basic English
BBC English
elf
noun countable
US /elf/
Other entries for this word
ELFnoun
Word Forms
singular
elf
plural
elves
DEFINITIONS1
1
a small imaginary person with magic powers
Synonyms and related words
Characters in stories
Arthur
Arthurian
changeling
ELF
noun uncountable
US /ˌi el ˈef/
Other entries for this word
elfnoun
DEFINITIONS1
1
English as a lingua franca: a form of English that is sometimes used as a way of communicating by people whose first languages are not English, and that has some features that are not usually considered to be correct in standard English