Vernacular
11Vernacular — For other uses, see Vernacular (disambiguation). A vernacular is the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is not native to the population, such as a national language or… …
12vernacular — [[t]və(r)næ̱kjʊlə(r)[/t]] vernaculars 1) N COUNT: usu the N in sing The vernacular is the language or dialect that is most widely spoken by ordinary people in a region or country. ...books or plays written in the vernacular... To use the… …
13vernacular — ver|nac|u|lar [vəˈnækjulə US vərˈnækjulər] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: vernaculus born in a place , from verna slave born in his or her owner s house ] 1.) a form of a language that ordinary people use, especially… …
14vernacular — I. adjective Etymology: Latin vernaculus native, from verna slave born in the master s house, native Date: 1601 1. a. using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language b. of, relating… …
15vernacular — vernacularly, adv. /veuhr nak yeuh leuhr, veuh nak /, adj. 1. (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned). 2. expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works: a vernacular poem. 3. using such a… …
16vernacular — n. in the vernacular (to express oneself in the vernacular) * * * [və nækjʊlə] in the vernacular (to express oneself in the vernacular) …
17vernacular — UK [və(r)ˈnækjʊlə(r)] / US [vərˈnækjələr] noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms vernacular : singular vernacular plural vernaculars the language spoken by a particular group or in a particular area, when it is different from the formal… …
18vernacular — 1. noun /vəˈnæk.jə.lə,vəˈnæk.jʊ.lə,vɚˈnæk.jə.lɚ/ a) The language of a people, a national language. The vernacular of the United States is English. b) Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary …
19vernacular — ver|nac|u|lar [ vər nækjələr ] noun count usually singular the language spoken by a particular group or in a particular area, when it is different from the formal written language: The vernacular of the coastal region is based on English.… …
20vernacular — noun 1) he wrote in the vernacular to reach a wider audience Syn: everyday language, colloquial language, conversational language, common parlance, demotic, lay terms 2) informal the preppy vernacular of Orange County Syn: language, dialect, re …
