lingua
Synonym of tongueSynonym of tongue.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» English is the world's current lingua franca.
Англійська — «лінгва франка» сучасного світу. — deniko
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2 sensesSynonym of tongue.
A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Examples
26 sentencesEnglish is the world's current lingua franca.
Англійська — «лінгва франка» сучасного світу. — deniko
What language, if any, will displace English as the world's lingua franca?
Яка мова, якщо це взагалі станеться, буде наступною «лінгва франка» сучасного світу замість англійської? — deniko
Latin was formerly a lingua franca.
Why is English the new lingua franca?
deWarum ist Englisch die neue Lingua franca? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you have any idea what the term "lingua franca" means?
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.
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Forms
plural: linguae / linguasSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.