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Meaning
Noun
●
The language of a people or a
national
language.
●
Everyday
speech
or
dialect
, including
colloquialisms
,
as opposed to
standard
,
literary
,
liturgical
, or
scientific
idiom.
●
Language
unique
to a particular group of people.
●
A language
lacking
standardization
or a
written
form.
●
Indigenous spoken language, as
distinct
from a
literary
or
liturgical language
such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
●
In Architecture:
A
style
of
architecture
involving
local
building materials
and
styles
, not imported.
Adj
●
Of or
pertaining
to
everyday
language,
as opposed to
standard
,
literary
,
liturgical
, or
scientific
idiom.
●
Belonging to the country of
one's
birth
;
one's
own by
birth
or nature.
●
In Architecture:
Of or related to local
building materials
and
styles
; not imported.
●
In Art:
Connected to a
collective memory
; not imported.
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Wiktionary
Origin
vernacular
English
vernaculus
Latin
verna
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Vulgate
Jargon
Argot
Dialect
Slang
Common
Everyday
Indigenous
Ordinary
Vulgar
Colloquial
Native
Folk
Idiom
Antonyms
Unvernacular
Link Language
Lingua Franca
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Rhymes
Saccular
Vernacular
Spectacular
Extrasaccular
Intrasaccular
Intersaccular
Tubulosaccular
Utriculosaccular
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