Vernacular

What do we mean by vernacular?

The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language. noun

A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region. noun

The specialized vocabulary of a particular trade, profession, or group. noun

The common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal. noun

Native to or commonly spoken by the members of a particular country or region. adjective

Using the native language of a region, especially as distinct from the literary language. adjective

Relating to or expressed in the native language or dialect. adjective

Of or being an indigenous building style using local materials and traditional methods of construction and ornament, especially as distinguished from academic or historical architectural styles. adjective

Occurring or existing in a particular locality; endemic. adjective

Relating to or designating the common, nonscientific name of a biological species. adjective

Native; indigenous; belonging to the country of one's birth; belonging to the speech that one naturally acquires: as, English is our vernacular language. The word is always, or almost always, used of the native language or ordinary idiom of a place.

Hence, specifically, characteristic of a locality: as, vernacular architecture.

One's mother-tongue; the native idiom of a place; by extension, the language of a particular calling. noun

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language. adjective

The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms. noun

The language of a people, a national language. noun

Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary or liturgical language. noun

Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot. noun

The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated. 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; jargon, argot.

A language lacking standardization or a written form.

Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.

Words that are spelled similarly to vernacular:
vernacular, vernaculars, vermicular, versicular, vencular, venucular, vernaculate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word vernacular:
forlorn, weatherboard, italianate, ell, gable, dwelling, styling, colloquial, farmhouse, revival, gabled, doubtful, porch, liturgy, architecture, craftsman, siding, dialect, invalid, mandarin, frame, genera, styles, liturgical, sanskrit, brick, roof, facade, spoken, gothic, languages, georgian, greek, style, scots, vocabulary, malay, language, barn, hindi, latin, literature, tongue, bengali, bays, architectural, prose, bible, cottage, arabic, rectangular, poets, linguistic, victorian, register, classical, decorative, limestone, literary, poetry, dances, chinese, anne, translation, traditions, contributing, exterior, influences, log, colonial, renaissance, hebrew, names, buildings, varieties, english, interpretation, kitchen, medieval, listed, usage, timber, historic, poems, tradition, houses, speech, elements, structures, wood, verse, places, serbian, folk, rear, stone, writings.

Words that rhyme with vernacular:
spectacular, unspectacular.

Adjectives that are often used to describe vernacular:
own, local, american, english, black, modern, common, anglo, current, italian, popular, german, native, spoken, contemporary, indian, illustrious, french, scottish, urban, standard, african, regional, written, everyday, european, western, traditional, australian, literary, southern, racy, true, greek, chinese, tuscan, spanish, aramaic, yiddish, pure, rural, vigorous, musical, architectural, rich, irish, century, ordinary, vulgar, russian, commercial, japanese, familiar, medieval, northern, expressive, plain, homely, broad, florentine, peculiar, arabic, rough, dutch, latin, visual, egyptian, class, nonstandard, classical, dominant, ukrainian, colloquial.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective vernacular:
schools, names, school, architecture, languages, education, literature, name, speech, language, poetry, translations, style, versions, form, literacy, culture, forms, buildings, speakers, newspapers, building, fiction, texts, terms, words, prose, books, houses, translation, spelling, instruction, literatures, constituents, design, tradition, writings, writing, writers, styles, bibles, term, theology, religion, dialects, tongue, scriptures, music, press, poets, histories, variants, expressions, english, expression, housing, sources, voices, traditions, version, papers, varieties, art, discourse, songs, landscapes, latin, idiom, furniture, drama, liturgy, usage, builders, hymns, regions, practices, tongues, editions, reading, girls, boys, literacies, dance, teaching, loyalty, authors.

Words that sound like vernacular:
vernacular, vermicular, vernaculars, vernacularize, vernacularly, vernaculous, vernacle, versicular, vehicular, vincular, vermicule, vernicle, verricule, oracular, cornicular, inocular, vascular, vesicular, vermiculate, vermiculture, vugular, virkler, nonvernacular, vallecular, venular, vermiculous, versicolor, versicolour.