different between hodiern vs hodiernal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hodiernus, from hodie (“today”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??di???(?)n/, /?h?di???(?)n/

Adjective

hodiern (comparative more hodiern, superlative most hodiern)

1. Of this day; present-day.

Anagrams

• hordein

English

Etymology

From hodiern (“of this day, present-day”) +? -al (suffix forming adjectives). Hodiern is derived from Latin hodiernus (“of today, today’s; present, present-day; actual”), from hodi? (“today”) (from h?c (“this (thing)”) + di? (“day”) (ultimately Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”))) + -rnus (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??di???nl?/, /h?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ho?di??n?l/, /h?-/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
• Hyphenation: ho?di?ern?al

Adjective

hodiernal (not comparable)

1. (archaic or literary, rare outside grammar) Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern.

Coordinate terms

• crastinal (rare)
• hesternal (archaic or literary, rare outside grammar)
• nudiustertian (obsolete, rare)

Derived terms

• hodiernally
• hodiernal tense
• prehodiernal

Translations

References

Further reading

• hodiernal tense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Holderian