Vernacular Definition
vər-năkyə-lər
noun
The native language or dialect of a country or place.
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The common, everyday language of ordinary people in a particular locality.
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A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region.
The vernaculars of New York City.
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The shoptalk or idiom of a profession or trade.
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A vernacular word or term.
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adjective
Commonly spoken by the people of a particular country or place.
A vernacular, as distinguished from the literary, dialect.
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Using the native language of a country or place.
A vernacular writer.
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Of or in the native language.
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Native to a country or region.
The vernacular arts of Brittany.
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Of or being an indigenous building style using local materials and traditional methods of construction and ornament, especially as distinguished from academic or historical architectural styles.
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Other Word Forms of Vernacular
Noun
Singular:
vernacular
Plural:
vernacularsOrigin of Vernacular
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From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves"), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)").
From Wiktionary
From Latin vernāculus native from verna native slave perhaps of Etruscan origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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