vernacular

noun

/vəˈnækjələ(r)/

/vərˈnækjələr/

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usually the vernacular
[singular] the language spoken by ordinary people in a particular country or region方言；土语
[uncountable] (specialist) a style of architecture used for ordinary houses rather than large public buildings（建筑的）民间风格Topics Buildingsc2

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born slave’) + -ar.

adjective

/vəˈnækjələ(r)/

/vərˈnækjələr/

(specialist)

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(of language语言) spoken by ordinary people in a particular country or region; using a vernacular language方言；土语
- English vernacular poetry英国白话诗
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Vernacular is used with these nouns:
architecture
expression
tradition
…
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(specialist) (of architecture ) in a style that is used for ordinary houses rather than large public buildings（建筑的）民间风格
- vernacular domestic architecture乡土建筑

BNC: 16686 COCA: 16371

vernacular

Words used to describe language: agglutinative, classical, cognate...