Vernacular
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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, cultured, 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
- common
- everyday
- indigenous
- ordinary
- vulgar