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ver·nac·u·lar

/vərˈnakyələr/

noun noun: vernacular, plural noun: vernaculars

• 1. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region: "he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience"synonyms: language, dialect, regional language, regionalisms, patois, ... moreparlance, idiom, slang, jargon, lingo, -speak, -ese
• ▪ the terminology used by people belonging to a specified group or engaging in a specialized activity: "gardening vernacular"
• 2. architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings:"buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular"

adjective

• 1. (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
• ▪ (of speech or written works) spoken or written using one's mother tongue: "vernacular literature"
• 2. (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.

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

Derivatives

• 1. vernacularism n.
• 2. vernacularity n.
• 3. vernacularize v.
• 4. vernacularly adverb

Scrabble Points: 15