Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingua francas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lin-gua fran-cas
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of lingua franca

Example Sentences

"Our team at the University of Leipzig was responsible for the use of lingua francas. As English is presently the language mainly associated with this term, English functioning as a lingua franca was the focus of our research […]"

Questions

What does lingua francas mean?: plural of lingua franca

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