1. A dialect of Greek that developed primarily from Attic and became the common language of the Hellenistic world, from which later stages of Greek are descended. 2.koine A lingua franca. 3.koine A regional dialect or language that becomes the standard language over a wider area, losing its most extreme local features.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek (h) koin (dialektos), common (language), feminine of koinos, common. See kom in Appendix I.
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