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lingua franca

[frang-kuh] / ˈfræŋ kə /
NOUN
language
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accent dialect expression jargon prose sound speech style terminology vocabulary voice word wording
STRONG
argot articulation brogue cant communication conversation diction dictionary discourse doublespeak gibberish idiom interchange lexicon palaver parlance patois phraseology signal slang talk tongue utterance verbalization vernacular vocalization
Antonyms
STRONGEST
silence
STRONG
quiet standard
NOUN
langue
Synonyms
WEAK
accent argot articulation brogue cant communication conversation dialect diction dictionary discourse doublespeak expression gibberish idiom interchange jargon lexicon palaver parlance patois phraseology prose signal slang sound speech style talk terminology tongue utterance verbalization vernacular vocabulary vocalization voice word wording
NOUN
trade language
Synonyms
WEAK
business language creole diplomatic language jargon language universal linguistic universal pidgin
NOUN
vernacular
Synonyms
STRONGEST
argot dialect idiom jargon lingo parlance patois slang
STRONG
cant language patter phraseology speech tongue
WEAK
jive talk native tongue street talk
Antonyms
STRONGEST
standard
STRONG
quiet silence

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The ubiquitous Chinese are perhaps the most numerous, keeping up their manners, customs, and language; the indigenous Malays are next in point of numbers, and their language is the Lingua-franca of the place.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel