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vernacular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /vəˈnækjələ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /vəˈnækjʊlə/ (UK)
  • /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin verna Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vernāculus English vernacular From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
    • Near-synonyms: common, everyday, indigenous, ordinary, vulgar, colloquial, basilectal, demotic
    • There are blacktips, silvertips, bronze whalers, black whalers, spinner sharks, and bignose sharks. These of course are vernacular names, but this is one case where the scientific nomenclature does not clarify the species, since it is now being revised. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 111:
  2. Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or by nature.
    • Near-synonyms: native, indigenous; endemic
    • a vernacular disease
  3. Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
  4. Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
  5. Not attempting to use the rules of a taxonomic code, especially, not using scientific Latin.
    • An English vernacular name for Rosa multiflora is multiflora rose.

Forms

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most vernacular Degree=Sup lexicographic
more vernacular Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unvernacular

Coordinates

naive · primitive

Deriveds

vernacularism · vernacularity · vernacular dance · vernacularization · vernacular dialect · vernacular architecture · nonvernacular · vernacularize · vernacularly · vernacular school · vernacular name · vernacularist · vernacular variety · vernacularness · vernacular language

Hypernyms

nonsystematic

Hyponyms

neo-vernacular

Synonyms

demotic · indigenous · colloquial · common · endemic · ordinary · basilectal · folk · vulgar · common · indigenous · native · everyday

Translations (45)

cs nespisovný (pertaining to everyday language) · de Umgangs- (pertaining to everyday language) · ca vernacle (pertaining to everyday language) · ru наро́дный (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · pl ludowy (pertaining to everyday language) · ca vernacular (pertaining to everyday language) · pl wernakularny (pertaining to everyday language) · ga dúchasach (pertaining to everyday language) · fi puhekielinen (pertaining to everyday language) · pl ludowy (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · sk vernakulárny (pertaining to everyday language) · is þjóðtungu- (pertaining to everyday language) · cs lidový (pertaining to everyday language) · sk ľudový (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · cs vernakulární (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · pl wernakularny (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · it vernacolare (pertaining to everyday language) · pl obiegowy (pertaining to everyday language) · fi kansankielinen (pertaining to everyday language) · tr vernaküler (pertaining to everyday language) · bg местен (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · sk vernakulárny (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · bg народен (pertaining to everyday language) · hu köznyelvi (pertaining to everyday language) · cs hovorový (pertaining to everyday language) · cs vernakulární (pertaining to everyday language) · sk hovorový (pertaining to everyday language) · pt vernáculo (pertaining to everyday language) · de umgangssprachlich (pertaining to everyday language) · hu hétköznapi (pertaining to everyday language) · ru ме́стный (pertaining to everyday language) · cs lidový (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk) · pl nieliteracki (pertaining to everyday language) · es vernáculo (pertaining to everyday language) · sk nespisovný (pertaining to everyday language) · ru разгово́рный (pertaining to everyday language) · pl potoczny (pertaining to everyday language) · fi arkikielinen (pertaining to everyday language) · ru просторе́чный (pertaining to everyday language) · ru наро́дный (pertaining to everyday language) · gv dooghyssagh (pertaining to everyday language) · sk ľudový (pertaining to everyday language) · fr en langage courant (pertaining to everyday language) · bg диалектен (pertaining to everyday language) · pt vernacular (pertaining to everyday language)

vernacular en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /vəˈnækjələ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /vəˈnækjʊlə/ (UK)
  • /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin verna Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vernāculus English vernacular From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).

Meanings

  1. The language of a people or a national language.
    • The principal vernacular of the United States is English.
    • The idea that the Bible should be translated into vernaculars was explosive in medieval society.
  2. Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
    • Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.
    • Near-synonyms: basilect, demotic
  3. Language unique to a particular group of people.
    • Near-synonyms: jargon, argot, dialect, slang
    • For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.
  4. A language lacking standardization or a written form.
  5. Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
    • Vatican II, a church council in the 1960s, allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular.
  6. A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles; not imported.

Forms

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vernaculars Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

official language · minority language · link language · lingua franca · vehicular language

Descendants

béarlagair

Synonyms

vulgate · vulgate · slang · basilect · demotic · vulgar · dialect · vulgar · jargon · argot

Translations (136)

el δημώδης (national language) · ga teanga choiteann (everyday speech) · fr langue vulgaire (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · nl volkstaal (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · fr langue nationale (national language) · sv vardagsspråk (everyday speech) · tr ulusal dil (national language) · cs hovorový jazyk (everyday speech) · nb dagligtale (everyday speech) · it dialetto (language unique to a particular group of people) · pt vernáculo (everyday speech) · nl volkstaal (national language) · de Vernakularsprache (everyday speech) · ia vernacular (everyday speech) · nl spreektaal (everyday speech) · ka ადგილობრივი ენა (everyday speech) · pt vernáculo (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · id vernakular (everyday speech) · sv folkmun (everyday speech) · cs lidová řeč (everyday speech) · vo komunapük (everyday speech) · de Nationalsprache (national language) · pt fala (language unique to a particular group of people) · it vernacolo (national language) · ja 方言 (everyday speech) · pl język potoczny (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · bg професиона́лен жарго́н (language unique to a particular group of people) · hy խոսակցական լեզու (everyday speech) · nl omgangstaal (everyday speech) · ga teanga na coitiantachta (everyday speech) · da daglig tale (everyday speech) · pl dialekt (language unique to a particular group of people) · ka დედა-ენა (national language) · fi kansankieli (everyday speech) · fr idiome (language unique to a particular group of people) · ru профессиона́льный жарго́н (language unique to a particular group of people) · af spreektaal (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · pl gwara (language unique to a particular group of people) · nl ambtstaal (national language) · fi arkikieli (everyday speech) · it vernacolare (everyday speech) · fi murre (language unique to a particular group of people) · hy ժողովրդական լեզու (everyday speech) · ko 방언 (everyday speech) · lb Ëmgangssprooch (everyday speech) · af dialek (language unique to a particular group of people) · ko 사투리 (everyday speech) · it dialetto (national language) · fr vernaculaire (everyday speech) · ga teanga dhúchais (everyday speech) · ru наро́дная речь (everyday speech) · is þjóðtunga (national language) · es lengua vernácula (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · de Umgangssprache (everyday speech) · ia lingua vulgar (everyday speech) · ga teanga an phobail (everyday speech) · el διάλεκτος (language unique to a particular group of people) · fa زبان محلی (national language) · nl volksmond (everyday speech) · cs vernakulární jazyk (everyday speech) · el δημώδης (everyday speech) · af omgangstaal (everyday speech) · de Idiom (language unique to a particular group of people) · gl vernáculo (everyday speech) · sk nespisovný jazyk (everyday speech) · bg народен език (national language) · ka ჟარგონი (language unique to a particular group of people) · pl język nieliteracki (everyday speech) · uk просторіччя (everyday speech) · fi kansalliskieli (national language) · nl volkstaal (everyday speech) · it parlata (language unique to a particular group of people) · nl stamtaal (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · nn daglegtale (everyday speech) · da folkesprog (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · af volkstaal (national language) · nl dialect (language unique to a particular group of people) · sk hovorový jazyk (everyday speech) · it parlata (national language) · sk ľudová reč (everyday speech) · sw maneno ya mtaani (everyday speech) · it linguaggio (everyday speech) · pl język potoczny (everyday speech) · nl landstaal (national language) · de Vernakulärsprache (everyday speech) · fr patois (language unique to a particular group of people) · it vernacolo (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · ru просторе́чие (everyday speech) · de Volkssprache (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · ka ადგილობრივი დიალექტი (national language) · it parlata (everyday speech) · ka დიალექტი (everyday speech) · cs nespisovný jazyk (everyday speech) · id bahasa tongkrongan (language unique to a particular group of people) · id bahasa percakapan (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · pl mowa ludowa (everyday speech) · pl narzecze (language unique to a particular group of people) · id ragam cakap (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · sh narodni jezik (national language) · it idioma (language unique to a particular group of people) · it lingua nazionale (national language) · fr dialecte (language unique to a particular group of people) · id bahasa gaul (language unique to a particular group of people) · da national sprog (national language) · tr konuşma dili (everyday speech) · gl vernáculo (national language) · ru наро́дный язы́к (national language) · fi kansankieli (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · es dialecto (language unique to a particular group of people) · pl język obiegowy (everyday speech) · fi slangi (language unique to a particular group of people) · el ντοπιολαλιά (national language) · de Dialekt (language unique to a particular group of people) · sk vernakulárny jazyk (everyday speech) · ca vernacle (national language) · hy մայրենի լեզու (national language) · pl język rodzimy (national language) · ru ме́стный диале́кт (national language) · id bahasa gaul (everyday speech) · pt vernáculo (national language) · el ιδίωμα (language unique to a particular group of people) · de Volksmund (everyday speech) · af sosiolek (language unique to a particular group of people) · fi puhekieli (everyday speech) · id logat (language unique to a particular group of people) · bg народен език (everyday speech) · id dialek (language unique to a particular group of people) · it idioma (national language) · cmn 白話 /白话 (everyday speech) · pl język wernakularny (national language) · pl język narodowy (national language) · sv folkspråk (spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical) · es idioma (language unique to a particular group of people) · pl język wernakularny (everyday speech) · id bahasa pasar (everyday speech) · ka კილო (national language)