different between primavera vs vernal

English

Etymology

From Italian primavera (“spring”).

Adjective

primavera (not comparable)

1. Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”).

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)

1. spring (season)

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p?i.m??ve.??/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?i.m??be.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?i.ma?ve.?a/

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)

1. spring (season)
2. primrose

   Synonym: prímula

See also

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”).

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)

See also

Interlingua

Noun

primavera (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)

See also

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”). Compare Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Sicilian primavera, Romanian prim?var?, Old French primevoire, Occitan primver, Friulian primevere, Romansch primavaira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri.ma?v?.ra/
• Hyphenation: pri?ma?vè?ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primavere)

1. spring (season)
2. (in the plural, familiar) years, winters

   Synonyms: anno, anni

3. primrose

   Synonym: primula

Derived terms

• primaverile

See also

• vernale

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”). Compare Italian, Spanish primavera, Romanian prim?var?.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /p?i.m?.?v?.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?i.ma.?v?.??/, [p???.m?.?v?.??]

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring, the season

Related terms

• primaveral
• primaveril

See also

• vernal
• vernante

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + Latin v?r (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera, Portuguese primavera, Spanish primavera, Romanian prim?var?.

Noun

primavera f

1. spring

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian prim?var?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ima?be?a/, [p?i.ma???e.?a]

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)
2. year of age

   Synonyms: año, taco

Noun

primavera m or f (plural primaveras)

1. simple soul; simple creature; simple sod

Derived terms

Related terms

• primaveral
• verano

See also

• vernal

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin vern?lis (“(rare) of or pertaining to spring; vernal”), from v?rnus (“of or pertaining to spring; vernal”) + -?lis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). V?rnus is derived from v?r (“season of spring”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr? (“spring”)) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Old French vernal (modern French vernal), Italian vernale (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Occitan vernal, Portuguese vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Spanish vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??n(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
• Hyphenation: vern?al

Adjective

vernal (comparative more vernal, superlative most vernal) (formal, literary)

1. Pertaining to or occurring in spring. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: springlike, spring-like; (rare) springly
2. (figuratively) Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful.

Usage notes

Vernal is used mostly in technical contexts (as in e.g. vernal equinox) or poetic contexts. In everyday language, attributive use of spring predominates, as in spring colors, spring flowers, spring equinox.

Alternative forms

• vernall (obsolete)

Coordinate terms

• (pertaining to seasons): summer: aestival/estival, summery · autumn or fall: autumnal · winter: brumal, hibernal, wintry

Derived terms

Related terms

• primavera
• ver (“springtime”) (obsolete)
• vere, vere-time (“springtime”) (obsolete)

Translations

References

Further reading

• vernal (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “vernal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Lavern, nerval, verlan

Portuguese

Adjective

vernal m or f (plural vernais, comparable)

1. vernal (pertaining to spring)

Romanian

Etymology

From French vernal, from Latin vernalis.

Adjective

vernal m or n (feminine singular vernal?, masculine plural vernali, feminine and neuter plural vernale)

1. vernal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vern?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be??nal/, [be??nal]
• Homophone: Bernal

Adjective

vernal (plural vernales)

1. vernal (pertaining to spring)

   Synonym: primaveral

Derived terms

Further reading

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