Translations for franca in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

lingua franca <pl lingua francas or linguae francae> [Brit ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfraŋkə, Am ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə] N

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They often can not speak the local language and therefore use Mandarin as a lingua franca. en.wikipedia.org

Cultural and linguistic innovations spread along trade routes and languages of peoples dominant in trade developed into languages of wider communication (lingua franca). en.wikipedia.org

Today it is still widely spoken although it has given way to Spanish as the more common lingua franca. en.wikipedia.org

The system offers a lingua franca for all airline pilots, a worldwide striving for on-time arrivals and departures via gleaming concourses. en.wikipedia.org

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