autumnal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɔˈtʌmnəɫ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˈtʌmnəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)
- Of or relating to autumn.
- Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
- "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.
Synonyms
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
- unautumnal
- Russian autumnal encephalitis
- “autumnal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Translations
of or relating to autumn
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aʊ̯tʊmˈnaːl]
- Hyphenation: au‧tum‧nal
Audio: (file)
Adjective
autumnal (strong nominative masculine singular autumnaler, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of autumnal (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| 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
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnalis.
Adjective
autumnal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular autumnale)
Descendants
- French: automnal
References
- Etymology and history of “automnal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnalis or French automnal.
Adjective
autumnal m or n (feminine singular autumnală, masculine plural autumnali, feminine and neuter plural autumnale)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | autumnal | autumnală | autumnali | autumnale | |||
| definite | autumnalul | autumnala | autumnalii | autumnalele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | autumnal | autumnale | autumnali | autumnale | |||
| definite | autumnalului | autumnalei | autumnalilor | autumnalelor | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /autumˈnal/ [au̯.t̪ũmˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: au‧tum‧nal
Adjective
autumnal m or f (masculine and feminine plural autumnales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “autumnal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024