Added 9 October 2026
vernacular
/vəˈnækjələ/ noun
Latin root: vernāculus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vernacular at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
they don't speak our lingo
- The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language).
adjective
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Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
common parlance
Origin
From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)