vernacular

vernacular
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. tongue, dialect; argot, slang. See speech.
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(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Indigenous]
Syn. native, ingrained, inherent, domesticated; see native 2 , natural 1 .
2. [Informal]
Syn. colloquial, vulgar, everyday; see colloquial .
n.
Syn. dialect, idiom, patois, phraseology; see dialect , language 1 .
See Synonym Study at dialect .
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
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(VOCABULARY WORD) n.
[vur NAK yoo lur]
everyday language or idiom.
Even though he was a highly intellectual author, he always spoke in a relaxed vernacular.
SYN.: native tongue, dialect, native language, conversational English, plain English, colloquial speech, slang, idiom, lingo, cant, argot, shoptalk.
ANT.: formal English, formal language
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a.
native, regional, local, provincial, common, popular, vulgar, indigenous, informal, conversational.
ANT.: formal, elevated, proper, stilted
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A system of terms used by a people sharing a history and culture: dialect, language, speech, tongue. Linguistics: langue. See WORDS. 2. A variety of a language that differs from the standard form: argot, cant2, dialect, jargon, lingo, patois. See WORDS. 3. Specialized expressions indigenous to a particular field, subject, trade, or subculture: argot, cant2, dialect, idiom, jargon, language, lexicon, lingo, patois, terminology, vocabulary. See WORDS.

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  • Vernacular — Ver*nac u*lar, a. [L. vernaculus born in one s house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master s house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was.] Belonging to the country of one s birth; one s own by birth or nature; native;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vernacular — vernaculár adj. m., pl. vernaculári; f. sg. vernaculáră, pl. vernaculáre Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  VERNACULÁR, Ă adj. (Liv.) Care este propriu unei ţări. [< fr. vernaculaire …   Dicționar Român

  • Vernacular — Ver*nac u*lar, n. The vernacular language; one s mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vernacular — [adj] native, colloquial common, dialectal, domesticated, idiomatic, indigenous, informal, ingrained, inherent, local, natural, ordinary, plebian, popular, vulgar; concepts 267,549 vernacular [n] native language argot, cant, dialect, idiom,… …   New thesaurus

  • vernacular — index language, native (domestic), ordinary, prevailing (current), prevalent, regional, usual …   Law dictionary

  • vernacular — c.1600, native to a country, from L. vernaculus domestic, native, from verna home born slave, native, a word of Etruscan origin. Used in English in the sense of Latin vernacula vocabula, in reference to language …   Etymology dictionary

  • vernacular — adj. O mesmo que vernáculo.   ‣ Etimologia: vernáculo + ar …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • vernacular — *dialect, patois, lingo, jargon, cant, argot, slang …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vernacular — ► NOUN 1) the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region. 2) informal the specialized terminology of a group or activity. ► ADJECTIVE 1) spoken as or using one s mother tongue rather than a second language. 2) (of… …   English terms dictionary

  • Vernacular — For other uses, see Vernacular (disambiguation). A vernacular is the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is not native to the population, such as a national language or… …   Wikipedia

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