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ALL meanings of vernacular

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  • adjective vernacular (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned). 2
  • adjective vernacular expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works: a vernacular poem. 1
  • adjective vernacular using such a language: a vernacular speaker. 1
  • adjective vernacular of or relating to such a language. 1
  • adjective vernacular using plain, everyday, ordinary language. 1
  • adjective vernacular of, relating to, or characteristic of architectural vernacular. 1
  • adjective vernacular noting or pertaining to the common name for a plant or animal. 1
  • adjective vernacular Obsolete. (of a disease) endemic. 1
  • noun vernacular the native speech or language of a place. 1
  • noun vernacular the language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession. 1
  • noun vernacular a vernacular word or expression. 1
  • noun vernacular the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people. 1
  • noun vernacular the common name of an animal or plant as distinguished from its Latin scientific name. 1
  • noun vernacular a style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people. 1
  • noun vernacular any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular taste or indigenous styles. 1
  • noun vernacular colloquial language 1
  • adjective vernacular language: colloquial 1
  • noun vernacular specific jargon 1
  • adjective vernacular (architecture) of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported. 0
  • adjective vernacular (art) is connected to a collective memory; not imported. 0
  • countable noun vernacular The vernacular is the language or dialect that is most widely spoken by ordinary people in a region or country. 0
  • adjective vernacular Vernacular architecture is the style of architecture in which ordinary people's houses are built in a particular region. 0
  • noun vernacular a local style of architecture, in which ordinary houses are built 0
  • adjective vernacular relating to, using, or in the vernacular 0
  • adjective vernacular designating or relating to the common name of an animal or plant 0
  • adjective vernacular built in the local style of ordinary houses, rather than a grand architectural style 0
  • adjective vernacular using the native language of a country or place 0
  • adjective vernacular commonly spoken by the people of a particular country or place 0
  • adjective vernacular of or in the native language 0
  • adjective vernacular native to a country or region 0
  • adjective vernacular designating or of the common name of an animal or plant, as distinguished from the scientific name in Modern Latin taxonomic classification 0
  • noun vernacular the native language or dialect of a country or place 0
  • noun vernacular the common, everyday language of ordinary people in a particular locality 0
  • noun vernacular the shoptalk or idiom of a profession or trade 0
  • noun vernacular a vernacular word or term 0
  • noun vernacular the vernacular name of an animal or plant 0
  • noun vernacular The language of a people or a national language. 0
  • noun vernacular Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary, liturgical, or scientific language. 0
  • noun vernacular Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot. 0
  • noun vernacular (Roman Catholicism) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated. 0
  • adjective vernacular Of or pertaining to everyday language. 0
  • adjective vernacular Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous. 0
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