different between autumnal vs aestival

English

Etymology

autumn +? -al

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?mn??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t?mn?l/

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.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to autumn, U.S. and Canada): fallish

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

German

Etymology

From Latin autumnalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a??t?m?na?l]
• Hyphenation: au?tum?nal

Adjective

autumnal (not comparable)

1. autumnal

Declension

Further reading

• “autumnal” in Duden online

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).

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin autumn?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autum?nal/, [au?.t??m?nal]

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.

English

Adjective

aestival (comparative more aestival, superlative most aestival)

1. Alternative spelling of estival

Anagrams

• availest, salivate