vernal
pronunciation
How to pronounce vernal in British English:
UK [ˈvɜ:nl]
How to pronounce vernal in American English:
US [ˈvɜrnl]
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- Adjective:
- suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
- of or characteristic of or occurring in spring
Word Origin
- vernal (adj.)
- "pertaining to spring," 1530s, from Late Latin vernalis "of the spring," from vernus "of spring," from Latin ver "the spring, spring-time," from PIE *wesr- "the spring" (cognates: Old Norse var "spring," Greek ear, Armenian gar-un, Sanskrit vasantah, Persian bahar, Old Church Slavonic vesna "spring," Lithuanian vasara "summer").
Example
- 1. First sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox .
- 2. Both invasions occurred on the eve of the vernal equinox .
- 3. The linnet chirps her vernal song .
- 4. He described the vernal migration of birds in detail .
- 5. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox .