autumnal

English

Etymology

autumn +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɔˈtʌmnəɫ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈtʌmnəl/

Adjective

autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)

1. Of or relating to autumn.
2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
   • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:

     "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.

Hypernyms

• (of or relating to autumn): seasonal

Coordinate terms

• (pertaining to seasons): spring, vernal; summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal

Derived terms

• aestivoautumnal, estivoautumnal
• autumnal equinox
• autumnal hawkbit
• autumnally
• autumnal moth
• autumnal point
• autumnal signs
• autumnal star
• Russian autumnal encephalitis

• autumnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Translations

of or relating to autumn

• Arabic: خَرِيفِيّ‎ m (ḵarīfiyy)

  Gulf Arabic: خريفي‎ m (ḵarīfi)

• Armenian: աշնանային (hy) (ašnanayin)
• Belarusian: восеньскі (vósjenʹski), асенні (asjenni)
• Bulgarian: есенен (esenen)
• Catalan: autumnal (ca), tardorenc
• Czech: podzimní (cs)
• Finnish: syksyinen (fi), syksyn (fi) (genitive of the noun)
• French: automnal (fr)

  Old French: autumnal

• Galician: outonal (gl)
• Georgian: შემოდგომის (šemodgomis), საშემოდგომო (sašemodgomo), შემოდგომური (šemodgomuri) (nonstandard)
• German: Herbst- (de), herbstlich (de)
• Greek: φθινοπωρινός (el) (fthinoporinós), φθινοπωριάτικος (el) (fthinoporiátikos)

  Ancient: ὀπωρινός (opōrinós)

• Hebrew: סתווי‎ m (stávi)
• Hungarian: őszies
• Icelandic: haust-, haustlegur m
• Ido: autunala (io)

• Interlingue: autunal
• Irish: fómharach
• Italian: autunnale (it)
• Kalmyk: намрин (namrin)
• Latin: autumnalis
• Latvian: rudens
• Persian: پاییزی‎ (fa) (pâyizi)
• Polish: jesienny (pl) m
• Portuguese: outonal (pt)
• Romanian: tomnatic (ro), de toamnă
• Russian: осе́нний (ru) (osénnij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јесенски

  Roman: jesenski (sh)

• Spanish: otoñal (es), autumnal (es)
• Swedish: höstlig (sv), höst- (sv), höstlik (sv)
• Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎗𐎔𐎐𐎚 (ḫrpnt)
• Ukrainian: осі́нній (osínnij)
• Welsh: hydrefol (cy)
• Zazaki: payıze

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German

Etymology

From Latin autumnalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʊ̯tʊmˈnaːl]
• Hyphenation: au‧tum‧nal

• Audio

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Adjective

autumnal (not comparable)

1. autumnal

Declension

Declension of autumnal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist autumnal	sie ist autumnal	es ist autumnal	sie sind autumnal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	autumnaler	autumnale	autumnales	autumnale
	genitive	autumnalen	autumnaler	autumnalen	autumnaler
	dative	autumnalem	autumnaler	autumnalem	autumnalen
	accusative	autumnalen	autumnale	autumnales	autumnale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der autumnale	die autumnale	das autumnale	die autumnalen
	genitive	des autumnalen	der autumnalen	des autumnalen	der autumnalen
	dative	dem autumnalen	der autumnalen	dem autumnalen	den autumnalen
	accusative	den autumnalen	die autumnale	das autumnale	die autumnalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein autumnaler	eine autumnale	ein autumnales	(keine) autumnalen
	genitive	eines autumnalen	einer autumnalen	eines autumnalen	(keiner) autumnalen
	dative	einem autumnalen	einer autumnalen	einem autumnalen	(keinen) autumnalen
	accusative	einen autumnalen	eine autumnale	ein autumnales	(keine) autumnalen

Further reading

• “autumnal” in Duden online

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin autumnalis.

Adjective

autumnal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular autumnale)

1. autumnal

Descendants

• French: automnal

References

• “automnal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin autumnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autumˈnal/, [au̯.t̪ũm.ˈnal]

Adjective

autumnal (plural autumnales)

1. autumnal

   Synonym: otoñal

Derived terms

• equinoccio autumnal m

Further reading

• “autumnal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.