How to pronounce vernacular
American English pronunciation
ver-NAK-yuh-ler
- IPA
- /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/
- Syllables
- ver · NAK · yuh · ler (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What vernacular means
The everyday way people talk in a certain place
In a sentence: In his letters home, Grandpa wrote in the vernacular of his little fishing town.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin vernaculus, meaning native or belonging to the home.
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