vərˈnakyələr/

DEFINITION ver·nac·u·lar

vərˈnakyələr/

noun

1. 1.

   the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

   "he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience"

   synonyms:

   language, dialect, regional language, regionalisms, patois, parlance;More
2. 2.

   architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.

   "buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular"

adjective

1. 1.

   (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
2. 2.

   (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.