| Common name | Lingue franche |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | France |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Lingue', i.e., tongue, from Latin 'lingua' (p. 414 in Ref. 9404); 'franche' from the ethnic 'Franc' from Francique 'frank' and Latinized 'Francus', i.e., free, someone who says what she thinks (p. 320 in Ref. 9404). |