Lingua Franca

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- The commercial language of the Levant, — a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.

II. Lingua Franca ·add. ·- Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.

Related Words

lingua
lingua (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf....

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lingua
lingua ae, f old dingua, cf. Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue, the tongue : lingua haeret metu, T.: exsec...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Lingua
·noun A <<Tongue>>. II. Lingua ·noun A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language