单词 | lingua franca |
释义 | lingua franca /frang"keuh/, pl. lingua francas, linguae francae /ling"gwee fran"see/. 1. any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages. 2. (cap.) the Italian-Provençal jargon (with elements of Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish) formerly widely used in eastern Mediterranean ports. [1670-80; < It: lit., Frankish tongue] |
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