vernacular
adjective
1. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- a vernacular term
- vernacular speakers
Similar word(s): informal, common, vulgar
Sentences with vernacular as an adjective:
- a vernacular disease
noun
1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Similar word(s): argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang
Definition categories: communication
2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
Definition categories: communication
Sentences with vernacular as a noun:
- A vernacular of the United States is English.
- Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.
- For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.
- Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular.