Hyphenation of vernacular

How to hyphenate vernacular

Because it is a word with a single syllable, vernacular is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

vernacular

Syllables Count: 1
Characters Count: 10
Alpha-numeric Characters Count: 10
Hyphens Count: 0

Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: vernacular

Definitions of vernacular

vernacular is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

noun
The language of a people or a national language.
Example: A vernacular of the United States is English.
noun
Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
Example: Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.
noun
Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
Example: For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.
noun
A language lacking standardization or a written form.
noun
Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
Example: Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular.

Definition 1 as adjective

adjective
Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
adjective
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
Example: a vernacular disease
adjective
Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
adjective
Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

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What is hyphenation

Hyphenation is the process of splitting words into syllables and inserting hyphens between them to facilitate the reading of a text. It is also used to divide words when the word cannot fit on a line.

This technique is particularly helpful in fully justified texts, where it aids in creating a uniform edge along both sides of a paragraph. Hyphenation rules vary among languages and even among different publications within the same language. It's a critical component in typesetting, significantly influencing the aesthetics and readability of printed and digital media. For instance, in compound adjectives like 'long-term solution', hyphens clarify relationships between words, preventing misinterpretation. Moreover, hyphenation can alter meanings: 'recreation' differs from 're-creation'.

With the advent of digital text, hyphenation algorithms have become more sophisticated, though still imperfect, sometimes requiring manual adjustment to ensure accuracy and coherence in text layout. Understanding and correctly applying hyphenation rules is therefore not only a matter of linguistic accuracy but also a key aspect of effective visual communication.