Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vernacularism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-nac-u-lar-ism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vernacular word, phrase, or manner of speaking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A vernacular music.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The belief that texts should be published in the vernacular.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From vernacular + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vernacular

Usage

Inflected Forms

vernacularisms (plural)

Questions

What does vernacularism mean?: A vernacular word, phrase, or manner of speaking.
Where does vernacularism come from?: From vernacular + -ism.

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