vernacular
noun/vəˈnækjələ(r)/
/vərˈnækjələr/
- usually the vernacular[singular] the language spoken by ordinary people in a particular country or region
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- [uncountable] (specialist) a style of architecture used for ordinary houses rather than large public buildingsTopics Buildingsc2
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born slave’) + -ar.
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