primaveral
English
Etymology
Probably from Spanish primavera (“springtime”) or Italian primavera (“springtime”), ultimately from Latin prima vera, + -al.
Adjective
primaveral (comparative more primaveral, superlative most primaveral)
- Relating to or characteristic of early spring.
- 1839, Sporting Almanack and Oracle of Rural Life, page 8:
- The first, or Primaveral season, may be considered as beginning at Candlemas, on the first opening of the early Spring flowers.
- 1947, Myron Broomell, “Father Galen's Florilege, or a Symposy of Diseases”, in The New Mexico Quarterly, volume 17, number 3:
- Hog-wild in the suggestive orchard, / My mouth rejoiced, my belly tortured, / Set in a primaveral scene, / I tasted juice as sour as sin.
- 1967, Victor Turner, “Preface”, in The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure:
- challenged and (sometimes) championed by as alert a group of students as one could hope to see on a primaveral day.
Catalan
Etymology
Adjective
primaveral m or f (masculine and feminine plural primaverals)
Further reading
- “primaveral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
primaveral m or f (plural primaverais)
- (relational) spring
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾimabeˈɾal/ [pɾi.ma.β̞eˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ral
Adjective
primaveral m or f (masculine and feminine plural primaverales)
- (relational) spring
Further reading
- “primaveral”, 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