vernacular
[noun]
Synonyms: dialect, idiom, parlance, patois, speech

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Related Idioms: native tongue
Related Words: mother tongue, dialect, lingo, slang

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ver‧nac‧u‧lar /vəˈnækjələ, vəˈnækjʊlə $ vərˈnækjələr/ noun [countable usually singular]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: vernaculus 'born in a place', from verna 'slave born in his or her owner's house']

1. a form of a language that ordinary people use, especially one that is not the official language
in the vernacular
Galileo wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.
He lapsed into the local vernacular (=language spoken in a particular area).

2. a style of building, music, art etc that is suitable for ordinary people
—vernacular adjective:
vernacular American speech
vernacular architecture

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