Definition of vernacular Vernacular

/vɚnæˈkjʌlɚ/ - [vernakyuler] - ver•nac•u•lar

We found 11 definitions of vernacular from 5 different sources.

What does vernacular mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: vernaculars
vernacular - the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
		non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
		slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois
		non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
		street name the name of a street
		rhyming slang slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang"

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Wiktionary

vernacular (Noun)
The language of a people, a national language.
vernacular (Noun)
Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary or liturgical language.
vernacular (Noun)
Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
vernacular (Noun)
The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.
vernacular (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to everyday language.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

vernacular (a.)
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
vernacular (n.)
The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

vernacular
Language or dialect native to a region, as distinct from the standard language.

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vernacular, noun, singular of vernaculars.

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