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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ver•nac•u•lar /vɚˈnækyəlɚ, vəˈnæk-/USA pronunciation adj. - Linguistics(of language) native or spoken in a particular area;
indigenous (opposed to literary or learned ). - Linguisticsof, pertaining to, or using such a language.
- Linguisticsusing plain, everyday, ordinary language.
n. [countable] - Linguisticsthe native speech or language of a place, esp. the particular language of a place.
- Linguisticsthe plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people:In the local vernacular, anyroad means anyway.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ver•nac•u•lar (vər nak′yə lər, və nak′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Linguistics(of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- Linguisticsexpressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works:a vernacular poem.
- Linguisticsusing such a language:a vernacular speaker.
- Linguisticsof or pertaining to such a language.
- Linguisticsusing plain, everyday, ordinary language.
- Architectureof, pertaining to, or characteristic of architectural vernacular.
- noting or pertaining to the common name for a plant or animal.
- [Obs.](of a disease) endemic.
n. - Linguisticsthe native speech or language of a place.
- Linguisticsthe language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession.
- Linguisticsa vernacular word or expression.
- Linguisticsthe plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people.
- the common name of an animal or plant as distinguished from its Latin scientific name.
- Architecturea style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
- any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular taste or indigenous styles.
- Latin vernācul(us) household, domestic, native (apparently adjective, adjectival use of vernāculus, diminutive of verna slave born in the master's household, though derivation unclear) + -ar1
- 1595–1605
- 9, 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See language.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vernacular /vəˈnækjʊlə/ n - the vernacular ⇒ the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- a local style of architecture, in which ordinary houses are built: this architect has re-created a true English vernacular
adj - relating to, using, or in the vernacular
- designating or relating to the common name of an animal or plant
- built in the local style of ordinary houses, rather than a grand architectural style
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin vernāculus belonging to a household slave, from verna household slaveverˈnacularly adv |