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vernacular

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adjective

ver·​nac·​u·​lar vər-ˈna-kyə-lər How to pronounce vernacular (audio)
və-
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a
: using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
b
: of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country
c
: of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language
2
: applied to a plant or animal in the common native speech as distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification
the vernacular name
3
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group
especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place
vernacular architecture
vernacularly adverb

vernacular

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noun

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: a vernacular language, expression, or mode of expression : an expression or mode of expression that occurs in ordinary speech rather than formal writing
2
: the mode of expression of a group or class
3
: a common name of a plant or animal as distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification : a vernacular name of a plant or animal

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective While there are American operas galore, some of which are quite good indeed, there is no vernacular opera tradition in America—instead, we have musical comedy—and now that supertitles have become standard equipment at major American opera houses, the chances that those houses will start regularly performing foreign-language operas in English translation have dropped from slim to none. Terry Teachout, New York Times Book Review, 9 Nov. 1997 Native crafts, the use of local materials, and vernacular buildings were considered integral to each country's heritage, and their preservation and revival became part of the movement to forge a strong national identity. Wendy Kaplan, Antiques, October 1995 For the proliferation of rich vernacular literatures in the twelfth century secured the place of the vulgar tongues in European society, and this entrenchment of the vernacular tongues made the European peoples more conscious of being separated from each other; decreased the cosmopolitan attitudes of the European nobility; and encouraged xenophobia, which became common in the thirteenth century. Norman F. Cantor, The Civilization of the Middle Ages, 1993 Hurricanes, fires and economic development unfortunately have caused many examples of both vernacular and more classical architecture to disappear over the years. Suzanne Stephens, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 1990 the vernacular architecture of the region writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style Noun But ask baseball people about [Michael] Young, and they'll admiringly tell you that he is a "grinder," vernacular for a player who works his butt off. Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated, 8 May 2006 … the sources for [Cole] Porter's chromaticism and syncopation are the vernacular of black music in America. Stephen Brown, Times Literary Supplement, 21 Jan. 2005 For Lu Xun helped revolutionize Chinese writing, tugging the written language toward the vernacular so that it was easier to learn, and he even endorsed the heresy of abandoning Chinese characters for the Roman alphabet so that literacy could spread more easily. Amy Hempel, New York Times Book Review, 19 Aug. 1990 New Mexico is not the easiest region in the country for an architect to establish a practice in. It is not that the area is indifferent to architecture—it is more that the traditional south-western architectural vernacular is so awe-inspiring that it tends to overwhelm most efforts to create a credible personal voice. Paul Goldberger, Architectural Digest, October 1986 What was required was a vagrant and a visionary, a man of mystic recklessness. The man who dared point the way would have to use the vernacular, and not speak but shriek. Paracelsus (1493–1541) was suspect in his day, and never lost his reputation as a charlatan. Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983 He spoke in the vernacular of an urban teenager. phrases that occur in the common vernacular See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
That all changed when the highway authority began adopting commercially available Chinese fonts, in the mid-1990s, thus closing the era on Hong Kong’s vernacular street typography. Anne Quito, Quartz, 20 July 2022 An enormous stainless-steel knife blade, 6 feet tall and 12 feet long, sliced down from the roof of a vernacular building on North Hilldale Avenue, jutting out toward the street. Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 To recontextualize vernacular architecture as anonymous sculpture was essentially Duchampian. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Fishtown is a rare surviving Great Lakes commercial fishing village that preserves the history and vernacular architecture of Michigan’s important and endangered commercial fishing heritage. Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2022 Swapping Regency-era spencers and pelisses for the button-front minis and plaid-patterned co-ords essential to the decade, Heckerling then updated her dialogue with vernacular befitting of the affluent social class at the center of her narrative. Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 July 2022 Across Europe, there was a debate as to whether Latin, now revived, was sufficient for the culture, or whether vernacular spoken languages should be elevated for the task. Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Mboup did not grow up knowing Senegal’s vernacular building traditions. Jori Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 So many of the images are excellent examples of vernacular photography. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022
Noun
Cloud doesn’t alter his voice to play Fez, and additionally works with Levinson to adapt his dialogue into a vernacular that feels more natural to him, heavily impacted by his upbringing in Oakland, Calif. Selome Hailu, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022 Putting the customer first focuses sales reps on the right activities and creates a common vernacular around what's important - the channel program and strategy follows. Micah Smurthwaite, Forbes, 17 May 2022 And in a later chapter, Dia’s soon-to-be mother-in-law narrates her thoughts in a limited vernacular that feels unnecessarily stifling. Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022 Conservative personalities immediately latched on to the misinterpretation, embedding it deeply in the political vernacular. Aj Willingham, CNN, 17 July 2022 This year’s list is also inundated with pandemic vernacular, and there’s one word pertaining to the climate crisis—a fitting contender at the heels of COP26. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Nov. 2021 The specter of slowing economic growth combined with rising prices has even revived a dreaded word that was a regular part of the vernacular in the 1970s, the last time the world suffered similar problems: stagflation. New York Times, 16 July 2022 Influencers snatch the best available offers from a menu and are then free to craft the campaign’s message, molding it to the rhythms and vernacular of their followers. Wired, 15 July 2022 Instead of blunt overtures, communication on Feeld tends to favor the knowing use of highly specific vernacular and jargon. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 11 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin vernāculus "belonging to the household, domestic, native" (from verna "slave born in the household"—of uncertain origin— + -āculus, perhaps originally diminutive suffix, though derivation is unclear) + -ar

Noun

noun derivative of vernacular entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of vernacular was in 1601

Phrases Containing vernacular

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