- 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 Topics Buildingsc2(建筑的)民间风格
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born slave’) + -ar.