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vernacular

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10 lettersPronunciation /vəˈnækjələ/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aacelnrruvStarts with VEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

Word 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)”).

Used in a sentence

  • The principal vernacular of the United States is English.
  • The idea that the Bible should be translated into vernaculars was explosive in medieval society.
  • Near-synonyms: basilect, demotic

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