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ver·nac·u·lar  (vr-nky-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 vernculus, native, from verna, native slave, perhaps of Etruscan origin.]

ver·nacu·lar·ly adv.

vernacular [vəˈnækjʊlə]
n
1. (Linguistics) the. the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a local style of architecture, in which ordinary houses are built this architect has re-created a true English vernacular
adj
1. relating to, using, or in the vernacular
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) designating or relating to the common name of an animal or plant
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) built in the local style of ordinary houses, rather than a grand architectural style
[from Latin vernāculus belonging to a household slave, from verna household slave]
vernacularly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
heist, rip-off - the act of stealing
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
blowjob, cock sucking - slang for fellatio
hand job, jacking off, jerking off, wank - slang for masturbation
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
gat, rod - a gangster's pistol
Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops
nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick"
dreck, schlock, shlock - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
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
arsehole, bunghole, arse, asshole - vulgar slang for anus
bay window, potbelly, tummy, corporation, pot - slang for a paunch
niff, pong - an unpleasant smell
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"
hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
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"
bun-fight, bunfight - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
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
honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man
slant-eye, gook - (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
Injun, red man, Redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
hymie, kike, sheeny, yid - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
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
noun
speech, jargon, idiom, parlance, cant, native language, dialect, patois, argot, vulgar tongue To use the vernacular of the day, Peter was square.
adjective
colloquial, popular, informal, local, common, native, indigenous, vulgar dialects such as black vernacular English
Translations
vernacular [vəˈnækjʊləʳ]
A. ADJ
1. (Ling) → vernáculo, vulgar
in vernacular Persianen persa vulgar, en la lengua vernácula de Persia
2. [architecture] → típico, local, regional
B. N (Ling) → lengua f vernácula (fig) → lenguaje m corriente, lenguaje m vulgar

vernacular [vərˈnækjʊr] n (= dialect) → dialecte m

vernacular
n
(= dialect)Mundart f; (= not Latin, not official language)Landessprache f; this word has now come into the vernaculardieses Wort ist jetzt in die Alltagssprache eingegangen
(= jargon)Fachsprache for -jargon m
(hum: = strong language) → deftige Sprache; please excuse the vernacularentschuldigen Sie bitte, dass ich mich so drastisch ausdrücke
(Archit) → traditioneller Baustil
adj
vernacular newspaperZeitung fin der regionalen Landessprache; vernacular languagemundartliche Sprache; vernacular poetMundartdichter(in) m(f)
(Archit) → traditionell
(= indigenous) styletraditionell; crafts, furnitureeinheimisch

vernacular [vəˈnækjʊləʳ]
1. nvernacolo
2. adjvernacolare

vernacular
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 kansankielinen vernaculaire הַשָפַה הַמְדוּבֶרֶת देशी भाषा का pučko (izražavanje) népnyelvi, anyanyelvi tidak resmi sem lÿtur að mállÿsku/hversdagslegum talsmáta colloquiale 日常語の 일반 서민의 일상어를 쓰는 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 просторічний; діалектний ديسي biệt ngữ ,
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 고장의 말 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


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