δημώδης — meaning in English
dimodis
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English meaning
- colloquial adjective Belonging to ordinary conversation rather than to formal or written language.
- vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
Senses
δημώδης is used for these senses in English:
- colloquial (linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
- demotic Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
- vernacular The language of a people or a national language.
- vernacular Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
vernacular — full definition
- noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
- adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.