different between veinal vs vernal

English

Etymology

From vein +? -al.

Adjective

veinal (not comparable)

1. (now chiefly botany) Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf. [from 15th c.]
   • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 56:

     He supplemented the already-satisfying mixture with his secret touch […], which was to employ a sprinkling of Cobalt Blue, this simulating the depleted veinal blood that circulated just below the human epidermis.

Anagrams

• Lavine, alevin, alvine, leavin', valine, venial, vineal

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.