la lingua franca

  • 21lingua 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,… …

    Universalium

  • 22Lingua franca — Lengua franca (o lingua franca) es el idioma adoptado para un entendimiento común entre un grupo de varias coexistentes. La aceptación puede deberse por mutuo acuerdo o por cuestiones políticas, por ejemplo. En Europa durante una parte de la… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 23lingua franca — UK [ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə] / US noun [countable] Word forms lingua franca : singular lingua franca plural lingua francas or linguae francae a language that people use to communicate when they have different first languages German is a useful lingua… …

    English dictionary

  • 24Lingua franca (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. lingua franca peut référer à : de façon générique, à n importe quelle langue véhiculaire ; lingua franca, une langue véhiculaire… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 25lingua franca — (лингва франка | langue franque, lingua franca) Так говорят иногда вообще о смешанном языке (lingua franca). В более специальном смысле этот термин употребляется или для обозначения языка, который германские завоеватели распространили в Галлии во …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 26lingua franca — [[t]lɪ̱ŋgwə fræ̱ŋkə[/t]] N SING A lingua franca is a language or way of communicating which is used between people who do not speak one another s native language. [FORMAL] English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of Asia …

    English dictionary

  • 27lingua franca — noun (plural lingua francas or linguae francae) Etymology: Italian, literally, Frankish language Date: 1619 1. often capitalized a common language consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, Greek, and Arabic that was formerly spoken in… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28lingua franca — lin|gua fran|ca [ˌlıŋgwə ˈfræŋkə] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Italian; Origin: tongue of the Franks ] a language used between people whose main languages are different ▪ English is the lingua franca in many countries …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29Lingua franca — Lin|gua fran|ca [ ...ka] die; <aus gleichbed. it. lingua franca, eigtl. »fränkische Sprache«>: a) Verkehrssprache meist für Handel u. Seefahrt im Mittelmeerraum mit roman., vor allem ital. Wortgut, das mit arab. Bestandteilen vermischt ist; …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 30lingua franca — lin|gua fran|ca [ ,lıŋgwə fræŋkə ] noun count a language people use to communicate when they have different first languages: German is a useful lingua franca for tourists in the Czech Republic …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English