Main Entry:: ¹ver·nac·u·lar
Pronunciation:: \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Latin vernaculus native, from verna slave born in the master's house, native
Date:: 1601

1 a: using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language b: of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country c: of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language2: applied to a plant or animal in the common native speech as distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification <the vernacular name>3: of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group ; especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place <vernacular architecture>

— ver·nac·u·lar·ly adverb

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