"koine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔɪniː/, /ˈkɔɪneɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-koine.wav [Southern-England] Forms: koines [plural], koinai [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ), feminine form of κοινός (koinós, “common, general”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|κοινή}} Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ), {{m|grc|κοινός||common, general}} κοινός (koinós, “common, general”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|koinai}} koine (plural koines or koinai)
  1. A lingua franca. Synonyms: interlanguage Translations (lingua franca): koiné [feminine] (Catalan), koinesprog [neuter] (Danish), koine (Danish), koinéspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), koinéspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-koine-en-noun-CEw6QwpX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'lingua franca': 95 5
  2. A regional language that becomes standard over time. Translations (regional language that becomes standard): koinesprog [neuter] (Danish), koine (Danish), Koine [feminine] (German), koinéspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), koinéspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), koine [neuter] (Polish), koiné [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-koine-en-noun-cvcAn7iz Disambiguation of 'regional language that becomes standard': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: koiné Derived forms: koinëisation [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]

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