English

Etymology
From L. vernaculus, meaning "native" or "indigenous". The original meaning was "belonging to homeborn slaves".

Noun
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1. The language of a people, a national language.

#:''The vernacular of the United States is English.

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

#:Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.

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

#:For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.

1. 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 vernacular.

Translations
trans-top|national language
Finnish: kansalliskieli
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trans-top|everyday speech
Chinese: �� (báihuà)
Dutch: volkstaal f, omgangstaal f
Finnish: arkikieli, kansankieli
French: vernaculaire m
German: Umgangssprache f
Interlingua: #Interlingua|vernacular, lingua vulgar
Italian: vernacolare m
Japanese: �� (h�gen)
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Korean: ��리 (saturi)
Latin: vernaculus, vernacularis
Polish: j�zyk rodzimy
Russian: на�одн�й �з�к (naródnyj jazýk) m, ме��н�й диалек� (méstnyj dialékt) m
Spanish: vernáculo m
Telugu: (pranthiya)
Volapük: komunapük
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trans-top|language unique to a particular group of people
Finnish: slangi
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trans-top|(christianity) indigenous language of a people
Finnish: kansankieli
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Adjective
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1. Of or pertaining to everyday language.

Translations
trans-top|pertaining to everyday language
Finnish: arkikielinen, kansankielinen
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Synonyms
common
everyday
indigenous
ordinary
vulgar

Category:Latin derivations
Category:Etruscan derivations

dk:hverdagstale

fr:vernacular
io:vernacular
id:vernacular
ru:vernacular
te:vernacular
vi:vernacular
tr:vernacular
zh:vernacular

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