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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'vernacular' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions vernacular noun  The language of a people, a national language. ''The of the United States is English. Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary or liturgical language. Street can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere. Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot, slang. For those of a certain age, hiphop might just as well be a foreign language. (Christianity) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Roman Catholic mass are translated. Vatican II allowed the celebation of the mass in the . Translations:  Dutch: volkstaal , omgangstaal French: vernaculaire German: Umgangssprache Italian: vernacolare Spanish: verní¡culo adjective  Of or pertaining to everyday language. Translations:  Etymology: From vernaculus, meaning "native" or "indigenous". The original meaning was "belonging to homeborn slaves".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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