autumnal
/ɔːˈtʌm.nəl/US/ɑˈtʌm.nəl/
autumnal adjective: of or relating to autumn.
Adjective
autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)
- Of or relating to autumn.
- Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
- "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, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC
autumnal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Sanskrit and Arabic
autumnal in Tamil
- இலையுதிர் காலத்திற்குரிய, கூதிர்ப்பருவக்கனிவுடைய, கூதிர்ப்பருவத்தில் மலர்கிற, முதிர்கனிவான, நடுப்பருவம் கடந்த
autumnal in Urdu
- خریفی
autumnal in Sanskrit
- autumnal
- शारद śāradá
autumnal in Arabic
- of or relating to autumn
- خَرِيفِيّ ḵarīfiyy
More languagesFewer languages
- autumnal in Persian
- پاییزی pâyizi
Synonyms of autumnal
Forms of autumnal
| comparative | more autumnal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most autumnal |
Origin of autumnal
Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al.
Words formed from autumnal
- aestivoautumnal
- estivoautumnal
- autumnal equinox
- autumnal hawkbit
- autumnally
- autumnal moth
- autumnal point
- autumnal signs
- autumnal star
- unautumnal
- Russian autumnal encephalitis
- in
- Springfield
- Mass.: G. & C. Merriam
- 1913
- →OCLC
Phrases with autumnal
Questions about autumnal
- What does autumnal mean?
- Autumnal means of or relating to autumn.
- What is autumnal in Tamil?
- Autumnal in Tamil is இலையுதிர் காலத்திற்குரிய, கூதிர்ப்பருவக்கனிவுடைய, கூதிர்ப்பருவத்தில் மலர்கிற. See Autumnal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is autumnal?
- Autumnal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce autumnal?
- Autumnal is pronounced /ɔːˈtʌm.nəl/ (UK).
Words near autumnal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: autumnal (page history and authors); autumnal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); autumnal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शारद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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