aestival

See also: æstival

English

Alternative forms

• estival (US)
• æstival

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aestivalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈstʌɪv(ə)l/, /ˈiːstɪv(ə)l/, /ɛˈstʌɪv(ə)l/, /ˈɛstʌɪv(ə)l/

Adjective

aestival (comparative more aestival, superlative most aestival)

1. Of or relating to summer.
   • 1938, James Agee, Knoxville: Summer of 1915:

     A horse, drawing a buggy, breaking his hollow iron music on the asphalt; a loud auto, a quiet auto; people in pairs, not in a hurry, scuffling, switching their weight of aestival body, talking casually; the taste hovering over them of vanilla, strawberry, pasteboard, and starched milk; the image upon them of lovers and horsemen, squared with clowns in hueless amber.

2. Coming forth in the summer.

Synonyms

• summer (used only before the noun)
• (relating to summer): summery

Antonyms

• brumal
• hibernal

Coordinate terms

• prevernal
• vernal
• autumnal
• serotinal

Related terms

• aestivate

Translations

Relating to summer

• Arabic: صَيْفِيّ (ṣayfiyy)
• Bulgarian: летен (leten)
• Finnish: kesäinen (fi)
• French: estival (fr) m
• Georgian: საზაფხულო (sazapxulo), ზაფხულის (zapxulis)
• Ido: somer-ala
• Italian: estivo (it) m, estiva (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: estival, estivo (pt)
• Romanian: estival (ro), estiv (ro), văratic (ro)
• Russian: ле́тний (ru) (létnij)
• Swedish: somrig (sv)
• Welsh: hafol

Anagrams

• availest, salivate