autumnal
English
Adjective
autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)
- Of or relating to autumn.
- 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.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:
Hypernyms
- (of or relating to autumn): seasonal
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- aestivoautumnal, estivoautumnal
- autumnal equinox
- autumnal hawkbit
- autumnally
- autumnal moth
- autumnal point
- autumnal signs
- autumnal star
- Russian autumnal encephalitis
- autumnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Translations
of or relating to autumn
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German
Etymology
From Latin autumnalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aʊ̯tʊmˈnaːl]
- Hyphenation: au‧tum‧nal
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Declension
Declension of autumnal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist autumnal | sie ist autumnal | es ist autumnal | sie sind autumnal | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | autumnaler | autumnale | autumnales | autumnale |
| genitive | autumnalen | autumnaler | autumnalen | autumnaler | |
| dative | autumnalem | autumnaler | autumnalem | autumnalen | |
| accusative | autumnalen | autumnale | autumnales | autumnale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der autumnale | die autumnale | das autumnale | die autumnalen |
| genitive | des autumnalen | der autumnalen | des autumnalen | der autumnalen | |
| dative | dem autumnalen | der autumnalen | dem autumnalen | den autumnalen | |
| accusative | den autumnalen | die autumnale | das autumnale | die autumnalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein autumnaler | eine autumnale | ein autumnales | (keine) autumnalen |
| genitive | eines autumnalen | einer autumnalen | eines autumnalen | (keiner) autumnalen | |
| dative | einem autumnalen | einer autumnalen | einem autumnalen | (keinen) autumnalen | |
| accusative | einen autumnalen | eine autumnale | ein autumnales | (keine) autumnalen | |
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin autumnalis.
Descendants
- French: automnal
References
- “automnal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin autumnālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /autumˈnal/, [au̯t̪ũmˈnal]
Further reading
- “autumnal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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