Vernacular - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|vərˈnækjələr|
Brit.
|vəˈnækjʊlə|
noun
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (syn: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang)
- the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
- the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
adjective
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language (syn: common, vulgar)
a vernacular term
vernacular speakers
vernacular speakers
Extra examples
...writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style...
He spoke in the vernacular of an urban teenager.
Luther began to translate the Bible into clear vernacular German.
Efforts were made to extend vernacular education.
Galileo wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.
He lapsed into the local vernacular (=language spoken in a particular area).
Word forms
noun
singular: vernacular
plural: vernaculars
singular: vernacular
plural: vernaculars
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