Meaning

2 senses
  1. (formal, literary)Pertaining to or occurring in spring.

    Frühlings-, frühlingshaft

    весе́ннийvesénnij

    весняни́йvesnjanýj

    of or characteristic of or occurring in spring

  2. (figuratively, formal, literary)Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful.

    молодо́йmolodój, све́жийsvéžij

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Eggs, flowers, and green leaves are vernal images.

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  2. The vernal heralds chirp and make their nests.

    deDie Frühlingsboten zwitschern und bauen ihre Nester.

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  3. Winter doesn't want to give way to her vernal sister just yet.

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  4. The vernal equinox is approaching.

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  5. In Japan, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.

    deIn Japan sind das Frühlings- und das Herbstäquinoktium nationale Feiertage, das Sommer- und das Wintersolstitium jedoch nicht.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pertaining to or occurring in spring:
Русский
By meaning 2
pertaining to or occurring in spring:
having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pertaining to or occurring in spring:

Forms

more vernal, most vernal
Comparativemore vernal Lesson
Superlativemost vernal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
springlyspringlike, spring-like
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
vernal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto