Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a common language used by speakers of different languages;
- Example: "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"[syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interlanguage
n 1: a common language used by speakers of different languages;
"Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua
franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely
spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman
times" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine]