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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

  1. noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
  2. adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.

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