[vəˈnakjʊlə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
(e.g: he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience)

- architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings
(e.g: buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born slave’) + -ar

[vəˈnakjʊlə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language

- (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings
(e.g: vernacular buildings)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born slave’) + -ar