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BNC: 48691 COCA: 28053

vernal

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vernal /ˈvɚnl̟/ adjective
vernal
/ˈvɚnl̟/
adjective
Learner's definition of VERNAL
formal
: of, relating to, or occurring in the spring春季的
BNC: 48691 COCA: 28053

vernal

adjective

ver·​nal ˈvər-nᵊl How to pronounce vernal (audio)
1
: of, relating to, or occurring in the spring
vernal equinox
vernal sunshine
2
: fresh or new like the spring
also : youthful
vernally
ˈvər-nᵊl-ē How to pronounce vernal (audio)
adverb

Did you know?

If you want to sound sophisticated this spring, you can do what various learned individuals have done since the 16th century and refer to the spring equinox as the vernal equinox. You might also alter a classic rhyme to chant "Vernal showers bring May flowers." Or if you really want to wax poetic, you could compliment your lass's vernal grace or your beau's vernal charm. If you do, and your sweetheart asks where such a word comes from, you can further impress by saying, "'Vernal,' my dear, comes from the Latin 'vernalis,' which is derived from the Latin word for spring, 'ver.'"

Example Sentences

trees and flowers in vernal bloom
Recent Examples on the Web The Easter Bunny therefore seems to recall these pre-Christian celebrations of spring, heralded by the vernal equinox and personified by the Goddess Eostre. Tok Thompson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2022 The Chatsworth Nature Preserve is a remarkable site with seasonal wetlands and vernal pools, grasslands, oak woodlands and savanna, and riparian areas. Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022 Last year, those of us who volunteered helped more than 11,000 amphibians safely reach their vernal pools. Joanna Lentini, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022 The 3,521-acre preserve is sort of a living library of biodiversity with vanishing habitat types, including grasslands, wetlands, vernal pools, coastal sage scrub and oak woodlands. Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021 Divots in the dome’s surface collect rainwater to create vernal pools, which are home to fairy shrimp, tiny translucent freshwater crustaceans. Outside Online, 17 June 2021 The Easter bunny therefore seems to recall these pre-Christian celebrations of spring, heralded by the vernal equinox and personified by the goddess Eostre. Tok Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2022 Tiger salamander larvae boiling in every vernal pool dotting the plain, the external lungs behind their heads swaying like aquatic lion’s manes. Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 24 Mar. 2022 So even if the average temperature of 33 on Sunday, as of 7 p.m., might meet nobody’s conception of spring, signs suggested a trend in the vernal direction. Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin vernālis, from vernus "of spring" (going back to pre-Latin *u̯esri-no-, adjective derivative from the base of Latin vēr "spring") + -ālis -al entry 1; vēr "spring," going back to Indo-European *u̯ḗs-r̥-, *u̯es-n̥-s, whence also Old Norse vár "spring," Old Frisian wars, wērs, Welsh gwanwyn (Old Welsh guiannuin, from British Celtic *u̯esantēno-), Middle Irish errach (probably from *u̯esrāko-, with generalization of the lenited initial consonant), Old Church Slavic vesna, Russian vesná, Lithuanian vãsara "summer," Greek éar "spring" (from *u̯ehar, from *u̯esr̥), Armenian garun (gar- from *gehar-, from *u̯esr̥- + a suffix), Sanskrit vasantá-, Avestan vaŋri (locative) "in the spring"

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of vernal was in 1530
BNC: 48691 COCA: 28053

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