plural of lingua

(anatomy) Synonym of tongue. / (entomology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

(formal) An inadvertent remark; slip of the tongue.

A jury or inquest consisting half of aliens and half of natives.

(Latinate) plural of lingua franca

A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.

(extremely rare, probably nonstandard) plural of lingua franca

plural of lingua franca

(historical, archaic) Sabir, the Italian-based pidgin that served as the lingua franca of Mediterranean trade in the late Middle Ages and early modern period (c. 11th–19th centuries)

A constructed language created by C. George Boeree based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan using either Latin or Cyrillic alphabets with grammar based on that of Romance Creoles.