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vernacular
(v/@/r'n/&/k/j//@/l/@/r )

adjective (a)

  • Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang
    source: wordnet30
  • the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language(adj.all)
    Example:
    A vernacular term.
    Vernacular speakers.
    Synonym:
    common, vulgar
    source: wordnet30

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