lingua franca · noun1
- Italian · borrowed fromlingua franca
- English todaylingua franca
Borrowed from Italian lingua franca (literally “Frankish language”).
Lingua Franca · proper noun2
See lingua franca.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lingua franca
Today it means: A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers. Full definition →
Italian lingua franca