vernacular in English dictionary

  • vernacular

    Meanings and definitions of "vernacular"

    • Of or pertaining to everyday language.
    • The language of a people, a national language.
    • Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary or liturgical language.
    • Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
    • (Christianity, uncountable) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Roman Catholic mass are translated.
    • adjective
      Of or pertaining to everyday language.
    • adjective
      Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
    • adjective
      (architecture)
      Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
    • adjective
      (art)
      Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
    • noun
      The language of a people or a national language.
    • noun
      Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary, liturgical, or scientific language.
    • noun
      Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
    • noun
      (Roman Catholicism)
      The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.
    • everyday speech
    • language unique to a particular group of people
    • (christianity) indigenous language of a people
    • pertaining to everyday language
    • national language
    • Language or dialect native to a region, as distinct from the standard language.
    • adjective
      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"
    • noun
      a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
    • noun
      the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

    Synonyms of "vernacular" in English dictionary

    patois, non-standard speech, cant are the top synonyms of "vernacular" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of vernacular

    • vernacular ( comparative more vernacular, superlative most vernacular)
    • vernacular ( plural  vernaculars)
    • vernacular (comparative more vernacular, superlative most vernacular)
    • vernacular (plural vernaculars)
  • Vernacular

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