transcription, транскрипция: [ vəˈnækjulə ]
n. & adj. --n. 1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular). 2 the language of a particular clan or group. 3 homely speech. --adj. 1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation. 2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings. øøvernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave]