local language of a particular place; regular spoken language (as opposed to literary language); speech that is characteristic to a certain field; ordinary terms for organisms that also have scientific names (Biology)
of or pertaining to the vernacular; in the local language; in ordinary terms
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Vernacular Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBelonging 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
\ver*nac"u*lar\ (?), a. [l. vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to skr. vas to dwell, e. was.] 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. "a vernacular disease." arvey. his skill the vernacular dialect of the celtic tongue. which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.
vernacular
\ver*nac"u*lar\, n. the vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.
vernacular
adj : being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vulgar]
n
1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois]
2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
The language of one's country.
Cyfiaith = n. vernacular speech, a. of the same language
Noun
1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
(synonym) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois
(hypernym) non-standard speech
(hyponym) street name
(class) wog
(class) square, straight
2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
(hypernym) non-standard speech
Adjective
1. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
(synonym) common, vulgar
(similar) informal
Vernacular Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A vernacular is the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is a second language or foreign language to the population, such as a national language, standard language, or lingua franca.
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