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• UK: /vəˈnækjələ/
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• UK: /vəˈnækjʊlə/
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• US: /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/
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• rhymes with -ækjʊlə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: V ER0 N AE1 K Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: народен (naroden) — pertaining to everyday language
• Bulgarian: диалектен (dialekten) — pertaining to everyday language
• Catalan: vernacle — pertaining to everyday language
• Catalan: vernacular — pertaining to everyday language
• Czech: vernakulární — pertaining to everyday language
• Czech: lidový — pertaining to everyday language
• Czech: nespisovný — pertaining to everyday language
• Czech: hovorový — pertaining to everyday language
• Finnish: arkikielinen — pertaining to everyday language
• Finnish: kansankielinen — pertaining to everyday language
• Finnish: puhekielinen — pertaining to everyday language
• French: en langage courant — pertaining to everyday language
• German: umgangssprachlich — pertaining to everyday language
• German: Umgangs- — pertaining to everyday language
• Hungarian: köznyelvi — pertaining to everyday language
• Hungarian: hétköznapi — pertaining to everyday language
• Icelandic: þjóðtungu- — pertaining to everyday language
• Irish: dúchasach — pertaining to everyday language
• Italian: vernacolare — pertaining to everyday language
• Manx: dooghyssagh — pertaining to everyday language
• Polish: wernakularny — pertaining to everyday language
• Polish: ludowy — pertaining to everyday language
• Polish: nieliteracki — pertaining to everyday language
• Polish: potoczny — pertaining to everyday language
• Polish: obiegowy — pertaining to everyday language
• Portuguese: vernáculo — pertaining to everyday language
• Portuguese: vernacular — pertaining to everyday language
• Russian: наро́дный (naródnyj) — pertaining to everyday language
• Russian: ме́стный (méstnyj) — pertaining to everyday language
• Russian: просторе́чный (prostoréčnyj) — pertaining to everyday language
• Russian: разгово́рный (razgovórnyj) — pertaining to everyday language
• Slovak: vernakulárny — pertaining to everyday language
• Slovak: ľudový — pertaining to everyday language
• Slovak: nespisovný — pertaining to everyday language
• Slovak: hovorový — pertaining to everyday language
• Spanish: vernáculo — pertaining to everyday language
• Turkish: vernaküler — pertaining to everyday language
• Bulgarian: местен (mesten) — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Czech: vernakulární — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Czech: lidový — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Polish: wernakularny — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Polish: ludowy — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Russian: наро́дный (naródnyj) — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Slovak: vernakulárny — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Slovak: ľudový — of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also folk
• Afrikaans: volkstaal — national language
• Armenian: մայրենի լեզու (mayreni lezu) — national language
• Bulgarian: народен език (naroden ezik) — national language
• Catalan: vernacle — national language
• Danish: national sprog — national language
• Dutch: landstaal — national language
• Dutch: volkstaal — national language
• Dutch: ambtstaal — national language
• Finnish: kansalliskieli — national language
• French: langue nationale — national language
• Galician: vernáculo — national language
• Georgian: დედა-ენა (deda-ena) — national language
• Georgian: ადგილობრივი დიალექტი (adgilobrivi dialekṭi) — national language
• Georgian: კილო (ḳilo) — national language
• German: Nationalsprache — national language
• Greek: δημώδης (dimódis) — national language
• Greek: ντοπιολαλιά (ntopiolaliá) — national language
• Icelandic: þjóðtunga — national language
• Italian: vernacolo — national language
• Italian: idioma — national language
• Italian: parlata — national language
• Italian: lingua nazionale — national language
• Italian: dialetto — national language
• Persian: زبان محلی (zabân-e mahalli) — national language
• Polish: język wernakularny — national language
• Polish: język rodzimy — national language
• Polish: język narodowy — national language
• Portuguese: vernáculo — national language
• Russian: наро́дный язы́к (naródnyj jazýk) — national language
• Russian: ме́стный диале́кт (méstnyj dialékt) — national language
• Serbo-Croatian: narodni jezik — national language
• Turkish: ulusal dil — national language
• Afrikaans: omgangstaal — everyday speech
• Armenian: ժողովրդական լեզու (žoġovrdakan lezu) — everyday speech
• Armenian: խոսակցական լեզու (xosakcʻakan lezu) — everyday speech
• Bulgarian: народен език (naroden ezik) — everyday speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 白話 /白话 (báihuà) — everyday speech
• Czech: vernakulární jazyk — everyday speech
• Czech: nespisovný jazyk — everyday speech
• Czech: hovorový jazyk — everyday speech
• Czech: lidová řeč — everyday speech
• Danish: daglig tale — everyday speech
• Dutch: volkstaal — everyday speech
• Dutch: omgangstaal — everyday speech
• Dutch: volksmond — everyday speech
• Dutch: spreektaal — everyday speech
• Finnish: arkikieli — everyday speech
• Finnish: kansankieli — everyday speech
• Finnish: puhekieli — everyday speech
• French: vernaculaire — everyday speech
• Galician: vernáculo — everyday speech
• Georgian: დიალექტი (dialekṭi) — everyday speech
• Georgian: ადგილობრივი ენა (adgilobrivi ena) — everyday speech
• German: Umgangssprache — everyday speech
• German: Vernakularsprache — everyday speech
• German: Vernakulärsprache — everyday speech
• German: Volksmund — everyday speech
• Greek: δημώδης (dimódis) — everyday speech
• Indonesian: vernakular — everyday speech
• Indonesian: bahasa pasar — everyday speech
• Indonesian: bahasa gaul — everyday speech
• Interlingua: vernacular — everyday speech
• Interlingua: lingua vulgar — everyday speech
• Irish: teanga na coitiantachta — everyday speech
• Irish: teanga an phobail — everyday speech
• Irish: teanga choiteann — everyday speech
• Irish: teanga dhúchais — everyday speech
• Italian: vernacolare — everyday speech
• Italian: parlata — everyday speech
• Italian: linguaggio — everyday speech
• Japanese: 方言 (hōgen) — everyday speech
• Korean: 방언 (bang'eon) — everyday speech
• Korean: 사투리 (saturi) — everyday speech
• Luxembourgish: Ëmgangssprooch — everyday speech
• Norwegian Bokmål: dagligtale — everyday speech
• Norwegian Nynorsk: daglegtale — everyday speech
• Polish: język wernakularny — everyday speech
• Polish: język nieliteracki — everyday speech
• Polish: język potoczny — everyday speech
• Polish: mowa ludowa — everyday speech
• Polish: język obiegowy — everyday speech
• Portuguese: vernáculo — everyday speech
• Russian: просторе́чие (prostoréčije) — everyday speech
• Russian: наро́дная речь (naródnaja rečʹ) — everyday speech
• Slovak: vernakulárny jazyk — everyday speech
• Slovak: nespisovný jazyk — everyday speech
• Slovak: hovorový jazyk — everyday speech
• Slovak: ľudová reč — everyday speech
• Swahili: maneno ya mtaani — everyday speech
• Swedish: folkmun — everyday speech
• Swedish: vardagsspråk — everyday speech
• Turkish: konuşma dili — everyday speech
• Ukrainian: просторіччя (prostoriččja) — everyday speech
• Volapük: komunapük — everyday speech
• Afrikaans: dialek — language unique to a particular group of people
• Afrikaans: sosiolek — language unique to a particular group of people
• Bulgarian: професиона́лен жарго́н (profesionálen žargón) — language unique to a particular group of people
• Dutch: dialect — language unique to a particular group of people
• Finnish: slangi — language unique to a particular group of people
• Finnish: murre — language unique to a particular group of people
• French: dialecte — language unique to a particular group of people
• French: idiome — language unique to a particular group of people
• French: patois — language unique to a particular group of people
• Georgian: ჟარგონი (žargoni) — language unique to a particular group of people
• German: Dialekt — language unique to a particular group of people
• German: Idiom — language unique to a particular group of people
• Greek: διάλεκτος (diálektos) — language unique to a particular group of people
• Greek: ιδίωμα (idíoma) — language unique to a particular group of people
• Indonesian: logat — language unique to a particular group of people
• Indonesian: dialek — language unique to a particular group of people
• Indonesian: bahasa gaul — language unique to a particular group of people
• Indonesian: bahasa tongkrongan — language unique to a particular group of people
• Italian: dialetto — language unique to a particular group of people
• Italian: idioma — language unique to a particular group of people
• Italian: parlata — language unique to a particular group of people
• Polish: dialekt — language unique to a particular group of people
• Polish: narzecze — language unique to a particular group of people
• Polish: gwara — language unique to a particular group of people
• Portuguese: fala — language unique to a particular group of people
• Russian: профессиона́льный жарго́н (professionálʹnyj žargón) — language unique to a particular group of people
• Spanish: idioma — language unique to a particular group of people
• Spanish: dialecto — language unique to a particular group of people
• Afrikaans: spreektaal — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Danish: folkesprog — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Dutch: volkstaal — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Dutch: stamtaal — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Finnish: kansankieli — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• French: langue vulgaire — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• German: Volkssprache — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Indonesian: ragam cakap — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Indonesian: bahasa percakapan — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Italian: vernacolo — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Polish: język potoczny — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Portuguese: vernáculo — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Spanish: lengua vernácula — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical
• Swedish: folkspråk — spoken language as opposed to literary or liturgical