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lingua franca
lingua franca /ˌlɪŋ.ɡwəˈfræŋ.kə/ noun [C usually singular]
► F0 a language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages but not between members of the same group: » The international business community sees English as a lingua franca.Thesaurus+: ↑Forms of languages and specialist dialects |