koine
pronunciation
How to pronounce koine in British English:
UK ['kɔɪni:]
How to pronounce koine in American English:
US ['kɔɪni]
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- Noun:
- a common language used by speakers of different languages
Word Origin
- koine (n.)
- common literary dialect of Greek in Roman and early medieval period, 1903, from feminine singular of Greek koinos "common, ordinary" (see coeno-). Used earlier as a Greek word in English.