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vernacular

/vəˈnækjələ/vur-NA-kyuh-lur
/vɚˈnækjəlɚ/vur-NA-kyuh-lur

Meaninghome-born

Common meaning: the everyday speech of a place

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAS‘dwell, to live, to be’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 363, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinverna, -ae‘a home-born slave’
  3. Englishvernacular‘the everyday speech of a place’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin verna ‘a home-born slave’.

Roots

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