vernacularize

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US/vəˈnækjʊləˌɹaɪz/

verb

To make vernacular.

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Meanings

verbvernacularize (third-person singular simple present vernacularizes, present participle vernacularizing, simple past and past participle vernacularized)

present singular third person vernacularizes · participle present vernacularizing · participle past vernacularized · past vernacularized · alternative vernacularise

  1. transitiveTo make vernacular.

Origin

From vernacular + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

vernacularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vernacularize

MLA

“vernacularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vernacularize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vernacularize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vernacularize.

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