Vernacularised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Changed from a formal or foreign language into the everyday speech of a particular region or group
2. Adapted or translated so that it uses the common language spoken by ordinary people in a specific area
3. Rendered into the native or colloquial tongue as understood by local communities

Etymology: "Vernacularised" is the British spelling of the past tense and past participle of "vernacularise," meaning to render something into the everyday speech of ordinary people. The verb is formed from "vernacular," which comes from the Latin "vernaculus," meaning "domestic" or "native," and which itself derives from "verna," a home-born slave or servant. The sense of the "vernacular" as an ordinary local language developed from the idea of what is homegrown and native, set against the formal languages of learning and administration.

Synonyms: colloquialized, localized, adapted, translated, customized

Antonyms: standardized, formalized, official, universal, unadapted