vernal
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Etymology[edit]
Entering English in the sense of “pertaining to spring” in 1534[2]: From Latin vernālis (“of those things pertaining to the spring”)[1][2][3][4], from vernus (“of spring”)[1][2][3][4], from vēr (“spring”)[1][2][3][4][5]; compare Old French vernal, French vernal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vernal (comparative more vernal, superlative most vernal)
Usage notes[edit]
In everyday speech, used almost exclusively in phrase vernal equinox; in other contexts, spring is used attributively, as in spring colors or spring flowers, and even vernal equinox is frequently replaced with spring equinox.
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Terms derived from vernal
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Translations[edit]
pertaining to spring
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “vernal, a. (and n.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “vernal” listed in the Online Etymology Dictionary, © November 2001 Douglas Harper
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “vernal” listed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “vernal” listed by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1·1)
- ^ “vernal” listed in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
