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# [[young]]; [[fresh]]
 
# [[young]]; [[fresh]]
 
# pertaining to [[spring]]
 
# pertaining to [[spring]]
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====Antonyms====
 
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* [[autumnal]]
 
  
 
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* {{sense|pertaining to seasons}} [[summer]] ([[summery]]), [[aestival]]/[[estival]]; [[winter]] ([[wintry]]), [[hibernal]], [[brumal]]
 
* {{sense|pertaining to seasons}} [[summer]] ([[summery]]), [[aestival]]/[[estival]]; [[winter]] ([[wintry]]), [[hibernal]], [[brumal]]
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===Derived terms===
 
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* [[prevernal]]
 
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* [[vernal-bearded]]
 
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* [[vernal crocus]]
 
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* [[vernal cyclamen]]
 
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* [[vernal equinox]], [[vernal equinoctial]]
 
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* [[vernal gentian]]
 
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* [[vernal grass]]
 
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* [[vernality]]
 
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* [[vernalization]]
 
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* [[vernalize]]
 
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* [[vernally]]
 
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* [[vernal orobus]]
 
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* [[vernal pool]]
 
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* [[vernal sandwort]]
 
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* [[vernal season]]
 
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* [[vernal sedge]]
 
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* [[vernal-seeming]]
 
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* [[vernal speedwell]]
 
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* [[vernal squill]]
 
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* [[vernal stargrass]]
 
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* [[vernal starwort]]
 
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* [[vernal-tinctured]]
 
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===Related terms===
 
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* [[primavera]]
 
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* [[ver]]
 
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* [[vere]]
 
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* [[vere-time]]
 
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===Thesaurus===
 
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[[aestival]], [[arctic]], [[autumn]], [[autumnal]], [[beryl-green]], [[berylline]], [[blue-green]], [[bluish-green]], [[boreal]], [[brumal]], [[budding]], [[callow]], [[canicular]], [[chartreuse]], [[chloranemic]], [[chlorine]], [[chlorotic]], [[citrine]], [[citrinous]], [[dewy]], [[emerald]], [[equinoctial]], [[ever-new]], [[evergreen]], [[firsthand]], [[fledgling]], [[foliaged]], [[fresh]], [[glaucescent]], [[glaucous]], [[glaucous-green]], [[grassy]], [[green]], [[green as grass]], [[green-blue]], [[greenish]], [[greenish-blue]], [[greenish-yellow]], [[greensick]], [[growing]], [[hibernal]], [[hiemal]], [[holly]], [[immature]], [[impubic]], [[inexperienced]], [[ingenuous]], [[innocent]], [[intact]], [[ivy]], [[ivy-green]], [[juicy]], [[leafy]], [[leaved]], [[maiden]], [[maidenly]], [[midsummer]], [[midwinter]], [[minor]], [[naive]], [[neoteric]], [[nestling]], [[new]], [[new-fledged]], [[olivaceous]], [[olive]], [[olive-green]], [[original]], [[out of season]], [[porraceous]], [[pristine]], [[raw]], [[ripening]], [[sappy]], [[seasonal]], [[sempervirent]], [[smaragdine]], [[solstitial]], [[spring]], [[springlike]], [[summer]], [[summerlike]], [[summerly]], [[summery]], [[tender]], [[unadult]], [[unbeaten]], [[underage]], [[undeveloped]], [[unfledged]], [[unformed]], [[unhandled]], [[unlicked]], [[unmellowed]], [[unripe]], [[unseasoned]], [[untouched]], [[untried]], [[untrodden]], [[unused]], [[verdant]], [[verdurous]], [[vernant]], [[vert]], [[virescent]], [[virgin]], [[virginal]], [[winter]], [[winterlike]], [[wintery]], [[wintry]], [[yellowish-green]], [[young]]
 
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===Alternative forms===
 
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* [[vernall]] {{qualifier|archaic, 16 <sup>th</sup>–17 <sup>th</sup>-century spelling}}<ref name="OED">“[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50276536?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=vernal&first=1&max_to_show=10 '''vernal, ''a.'' (and ''n.'')''']” listed in the '''Oxford English Dictionary''' [2<sup>nd</sup> Ed.; 1989]</ref>
 
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===Etymology===
 
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Entering English in the sense of “pertaining to spring” in 1534<ref name="EOD">“[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=vernal&searchmode=none '''vernal''']” listed in the '''Online Etymology Dictionary''', © November 2001 Douglas Harper</ref>: From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|vernalis|vernālis|of those things pertaining to the spring|lang=la}}<ref name="OED"/><ref name="EOD"/><ref name="WRUD">“'''vernal'''” listed in '''Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary''', © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.</ref><ref name="D.com">“[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vernal '''vernal''']” listed by '''Dictionary.com Unabridged''' (v1·1)</ref>, from {{term|vernus||of spring|lang=la}}<ref name="OED"/><ref name="EOD"/><ref name="WRUD"/><ref name="D.com"/>, from {{term|ver|vēr|spring|lang=la}}<ref name="OED"/><ref name="EOD"/><ref name="WRUD"/><ref name="D.com"/><ref name="AHD">“'''vernal'''” listed in '''The American Heritage<sup>®</sup> Dictionary of the English Language''', Fourth Edition</ref>; compare [[w:Old French|Old French]] {{term|vernal|lang=fro}}, [[w:French language|French]] {{term|vernal|lang=fr}}
 
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===Pronunciation===
 
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* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/ˈvɜːnəl/}}<ref name="OED"/>
 
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* {{rhymes|ɜː(r)nəl}}
 
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==Translations==
 
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{{trans-top|young; fresh}}
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|молодой}},  {{t+|ru|свежий}}
 
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{{trans-top|pertaining to spring}}
 
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* French: {{t+|fr|vernal|m}}
 
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* German: {{t+|de|Frühling|Frühlings-}}, {{t+|de|frühlingshaft}}
 
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|wiosenny|m}}
 
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* Portuguese: {{t-|pt|vernal}}
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|весенний}}
 
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====References====
 
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===Anagrams===
 
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* [[verlan#English|verlan]]
 
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[[Category:Calendar terms]]
 

Latest revision as of 04:23, 19 October 2014

English

Adjective

Vernal (comparative more Vernal, superlative most Vernal)

  1. young; fresh
  2. pertaining to spring

Coordinate terms

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