lingua franca
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌlɪŋ.ɡwə ˈfræŋ.kə/us/ˌlɪŋ.ɡwə ˈfræŋ.kə/alanguageused forcommunicationbetweengroupsofpeoplewhospeakdifferentlanguages:
(母语不同的人交流用的)通用语,混合语TheinternationalbusinesscommunityseesEnglishas a lingua franca.国际商界将英语视为通用语言。
Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- functional
- journalese
- legalese
- lingo
- metalanguage
- MFL
- newspeak
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- Polari
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- tongue