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/v/@/r'n/&/k/j//@/l/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. 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 <i>vernacular</i> language.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

    noun.communication

    Synonyms argot cant jargon lingo patois slang

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

    noun.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

    adj.all

    Examples
    A vernacular term.
    Vernacular speakers.
    Synonyms common vulgar

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

vermivorousvermontvermontervermouthvermuthvernaclevernacular artvernacularismvernacularizationvernacularlyvernaculousvernage

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