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| − | ===Etymology===
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| − | From Latin ''[[vernaculus]]'', meaning "native" or "indigenous". The original meaning was "belonging to homeborn slaves".
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| − | ===Noun===
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| − | # The language of a people, a national language.
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| − | #:''The '''vernacular''' of the United States is English.
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| − | # Everyday [[speech]], including [[colloquialism]]s, as opposed to [[literary]] or [[liturgical]] language.
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| − | #:''Street '''vernacular''' can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.''
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| − | # Language unique to a particular [[group]] of people; [[jargon]], [[argot]], [[slang]].
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| − | #:''For those of a certain age, hiphop '''vernacular''' might just as well be a foreign language.''
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| − | # {{Christianity}} The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Roman Catholic mass are translated.
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| − | #:''Vatican II ordered the celebation of the mass in the '''vernacular'''.''
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| − | ====Translations====
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| − | *Finnish: [[kansalliskieli]]
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| − | *Chinese: [[白话]] (báihuà)
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| − | *Dutch: [[volkstaal]], [[omgangstaal]]
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| − | *Finnish: [[arkikieli]], [[kansankieli]]
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| − | *French: [[vernaculaire]]
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| − | *German: [[Umgangssprache]]
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| − | *[[Interlingua]]: [[#Interlingua|vernacular]], [[lingua vulgar]]
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| − | *Italian: [[vernacolare]] {{m}}
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| − | *Japanese: [[方言]] (hōgen)
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| − | *Korean: [[사투리]] (saturi)
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| − | *Latin: [[vernaculus]], [[vernacularis]]
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| − | *Russian:(naródnyj jazýk), (méstnyj dialékt)
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| − | *Spanish: [[vernáculo]]
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| − | *Telugu: (pranthiya)
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| − | *[[Volapük]]: [[komunapük]]
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| − | *language unique to a particular group of people
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| − | *Finnish: [[slangi]]
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| − | *Christianity - indigenous language of a people}}
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| − | *Finnish: [[kansankieli]]
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| − | ===Adjective===
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| − | #Of or pertaining to everyday language.
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| − | ====Translations====
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| − | *Finnish: [[arkikielinen]], [[kansankielinen]]
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| | + | *Pronunciation: \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\ |
| | + | *Function: adjective |
| | + | *Etymology: Latin vernaculus native, from verna slave born in the master's house, native |
| | + | *Date: 1601 |
| | + | ==Definitions== |
| | + | *1 a : using a [[language]] or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, [[culture]]d, or foreign language |
| | + | :b : of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country |
| | + | :c : of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language |
| | + | *2 : applied to a plant or animal in the common native speech as distinguished from the [[Latin]] nomenclature of scientific classification <the vernacular name> |
| | + | *3 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or [[group]]; especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place <vernacular architecture> |
| | + | — ver·nac·u·lar·ly adverb |
| | ====Synonyms==== | | ====Synonyms==== |
| | *[[common]] | | *[[common]] |
| − | *[[everyday]] | + | *everyday |
| − | *[[indigenous]] | + | *indigenous |
| − | *[[ordinary]] | + | *ordinary |
| − | *[[vulgar]] | + | *vulgar |
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| | [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |
