autumnal

English

Etymology

autumn + -al

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɔˈtʌmnəɫ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˈtʌmnəl/

Adjective

autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)

  1. Of or relating to autumn.
  2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
    • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:
      "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.

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Derived terms

  • autumnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Translations


German

Etymology

From Latin autumnalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aʊ̯tʊmˈnaːl]
  • Hyphenation: au‧tum‧nal
  • (file)

Adjective

autumnal (not comparable)

  1. autumnal

Declension

Further reading


Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin autumnalis.

Adjective

autumnal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular autumnale)

  1. autumnal

Descendants

References


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin autumnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /autumˈnal/, [au̯t̪ũmˈnal]

Adjective

autumnal (plural autumnales)

  1. autumnal
    Synonym: otoñal

Further reading

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