The meaning of Vernacular

Vernacular – definition

noun
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Usage examples:
He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience
Synonims:
Everyday language Spoken language Colloquial speech Native speech Conversational language Common parlance Non-standard language Jargon -speak Cant Slang Idiom Argot Patois Dialect Regional la
noun
Architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
Usage examples:
Buildings in which gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular

adjective
(of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
Usage examples:
Instead it will become regarded historically as a document that knowingly accelerated the demise of…
adjective
(of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings.
Usage examples:
Vernacular buildings

noun
The form of a language commonly spoken by the people of a particular region or by a particular group, esp. when it is different from the standard language
Usage examples:
[ u ] much of his poetry derives from the american pop vernacular., a vernacular expression

Vernacular translation into English

Vernacular: translate from English into Chinese

白话, 乡音

Vernacular: translate from English into Dutch

Volkstong, Landstaal, Landstaal-, Moedertaal, Inheems, Inlands

Vernacular: translate from English into French

Vernaculaire, Langue vernaculaire, Jargon, Dialecte, Nom vernaculaire

Vernacular: translate from English into German

Umgangssprache, Mundart, Landessprache, Fachsprache, Fachjargon, In der landessprache

Vernacular: translate from English into Hindi

मातृभाषा, स्थानीय भाषा, देशी भाषा, जातीय, जनभाषा, राष्ट्रीय, क़ौमी

Vernacular: translate from English into Italian

Volgare, Vernacolare, Vernacolo, Locale, Indigeno

Vernacular: translate from English into Korean

전문 용어, 제 나라말, 직업 용어, 자국의, 그 지방 특유의, 그 시대 특유의, 풍토적인

Vernacular: translate from English into Russian

Народный, Родной, Местный, Родной язык, Общеупотребительный, Общеупотребительное название, Местный диалект, Брань, Сильные выражения, Характерный для данной местности, Свойственный данной местности, Профессиональный жаргон, Народное название, Туземный

Vernacular: translate from English into Spanish

Vernáculo, Lengua vernácula, Vulgar, Local, Lenguaje vulgar, Lenguaje corriente, Típico, Regional, Doméstico

Word origin

early 17th century: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born slave’) + -ar1.

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Vernacular synonims

argot

noun
The jargon or slang of a particular group or class.
Usage examples:
Teenage argot

noun
Words and expressions that are used by small groups of people and that are not easily understood by other people
Usage examples:
Thieves' argot

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cant

noun
Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.
Usage examples:
He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

verb
Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.
Usage examples:
If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere

noun
A slope or tilt.
Usage examples:
The outward cant of the curving walls

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dialect

noun
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Usage examples:
The lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language

noun
A form of a language that is spoken in a particular part of a country or by a particular group of people and that contains some words, grammar, or pronunciations (= the ways in which words are said) that are different from the forms used in other parts or by other groups

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idiom

noun
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light ).

noun
A group of words whose meaning considered as a unit is different from the meanings of each word considered separately
Usage examples:
Mastering the use of idioms can be hard for a learner., “shoot yourself in the foot” is an idiom th…

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jargon

noun
Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
Usage examples:
Legal jargon

noun
A translucent, colourless, or smoky gem variety of zircon.
Usage examples:
Rings set with jargons and pearls

noun
Words and phrases used by particular groups of people, esp. in their work, that are not generally understood
Usage examples:
Technical jargon, legal/computer jargon

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patois

noun
The dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to the standard language of the country.
Usage examples:
The nurse talked to me in a patois that even italians would have had difficulty in understanding

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slang

noun
A type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
Usage examples:
Grass is slang for marijuana

verb
Attack (someone) using abusive language.
Usage examples:
He watched ideological groups slanging one another

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