vernacular
Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical,…Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
» He uttered an incomprehensible oath in the local vernacular before going on his way.
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5 sensesOf or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
Near-synonyms: common, everyday, indigenous, ordinary, vulgar, colloquial, basilectal, demotic
umgangssprachlich, Umgangs-
наро́дныйnaródnyj, ме́стныйméstnyj, просторе́чныйprostoréčnyj
being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or by nature.
Near-synonyms: native, indigenous; endemic
a vernacular disease
Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
наро́дныйnaródnyj
Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
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.
Examples
6 sentencesHe uttered an incomprehensible oath in the local vernacular before going on his way.
This is a vernacular.
I write Berber in its Kabyle vernacular form.
Kabyle is the Berber vernacular I use and I'll stick to it.
The pitaya's common English name of "dragon fruit" reflects its vernacular name in many Asian languages.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), fromFrom 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)”).
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Forms
more vernacular, most vernacular| Comparative | more vernacular Lesson |
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| Superlative | most vernacular Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.