ver·nac·u·lar (v r-n k y-lr)n. 1. The standard native language of a country or locality. 2. a. The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language. See Synonyms at dialect. b. A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region: the vernaculars of New York City. 3. The idiom of a particular trade or profession: in the legal vernacular. 4. An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression. 5. The common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal. adj. 1. Native to or commonly spoken by the members of a particular country or region. 2. Using the native language of a region, especially as distinct from the literary language: a vernacular poet. 3. Relating to or expressed in the native language or dialect. 4. 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. 5. Occurring or existing in a particular locality; endemic: a vernacular disease. 6. Relating to or designating the common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal. [From Latin vern  culus, native, from verna, native slave, perhaps of Etruscan origin.]ver·nac u·lar·ly adv. |
vernacular [ver-nak-yew-lar]
Noun
the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
Adjective
in or using the vernacular [Latin vernaculus belonging to a household slave]
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| Noun | 1. | vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" bite - a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" swiz - British slang for a swindle shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) power trip - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, shag, screw - slang for sexual intercourse blowjob, cock sucking - slang for fellatio dekko - British slang for a look square-bashing - drill on a barracks square shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" caff - informal British term for a cafe deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" cert - an absolute certainty; "it's a dead cert" legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs" soup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustache street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin" corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing skin flick - a pornographic movie dibs - a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza" non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community rhyming slang - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang" burnup - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road nosh-up - a large satisfying meal hood - (slang) a neighborhood 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood paleface - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished |
| 2. | vernacular - the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community | |
| Adj. | 1. | vernacular - being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" informal - used of spoken and written language |
vernacular
Translations
adj vernacular [vəˈnӕkjulə]
colloquial or informally conversational vernacular speech/language. informeel لُغَة دارِجَه местен (за език) hovorový dagligdags sprog mundartlich καθομιλούμενος vernáculo, vulgar rahvakeelne بومی؛ محاوره ای kansan-, puhuttu vernaculaire הַשָפַה הַמְדוּבֶרֶת देशी भाषा का pučko (izražavanje) népnyelvi, anyanyelvi tidak resmi sem lÿtur að mállÿsku/hversdagslegum talsmáta colloquiale 日常語の 일상어를 사용한, 대화체의 šnekamasis dzimtais; mātes-; vietējais vernakular spreek{#169}, spreektaal{#169} folkelig, lokal-, omgangs- potoczny, nieliteracki vernacular neaoş, autohton просторечный hovorový pogovoren narodski inhemsk, folklig, vardags- ซึ่งใช้ภาษาแบบเจ้าของภาษา halk dilinde, yerli lehçede 方言的, 本國的 просторічний; діалектний ديسي biệt ngữ 方言的, 本国的
n
the common informal language of a country etc as opposed to its formal or literary language They spoke to each other in the vernacular of the region. geselstaal لُغَة عامِيَّه ، لُغَة مَحْكِيَّه роден език nářečí dialekt die Mundart καθομιλουμένη lengua vernácula murrak زبان بومی kansankieli langue vernaculaire הַשָפַה הַמְדוּבֶרֶת देशी भाषा narječje nemzeti nyelv, anyanyelv bahasa percakapan þjóðtunga; mál alþÿðunnar vernacolo その土地の言葉 방언, 통속어 vietinė kalba vietējā valoda/dialekts vernakular spreektaal, landstaal, streektaal folkemål, dialekt, muntlig språk język potoczny falar limbă vorbită местный диалект nárečie narečje narodski govor lokal dialekt, landsmål, folkspråk ภาษาที่ใช้ประจำวัน halk dili, yerli lehçe 方言 просторічна мова; місцевий діалект علاقائي tiếng lóng, biệt ngữ 方言
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