primaveral

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word primaveral. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word primaveral, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say primaveral in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word primaveral you have here. The definition of the word primaveral will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofprimaveral, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Probably from Spanish primavera (springtime) or Italian primavera (springtime), ultimately from Latin prima vera, +‎ -al.

Adjective

primaveral (comparative more primaveral, superlative most primaveral)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of early spring.
    • 1839, Sporting Almanack and Oracle of Rural Life, page 8:
      The first, or Primaveral season, may be considered as beginning at Candlemas, on the first opening of the early Spring flowers.
    • 1947, Myron Broomell, “Father Galen's Florilege, or a Symposy of Diseases”, in The New Mexico Quarterly, volume 17, number 3:
      Hog-wild in the suggestive orchard, / My mouth rejoiced, my belly tortured, / Set in a primaveral scene, / I tasted juice as sour as sin.
    • 1967, Victor Turner, “Preface”, in The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure:
      challenged and (sometimes) championed by as alert a group of students as one could hope to see on a primaveral day.

Catalan

Etymology

From primavera +‎ -al.

Adjective

primaveral m or f (masculine and feminine plural primaverals)

  1. (relational) spring
    Synonyms: primaverenc, vernal

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From primavera +‎ -al.

Adjective

primaveral m or f (plural primaverais)

  1. (relational) spring

Spanish

Etymology

From primavera +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾimabeˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ral

Adjective

primaveral m or f (masculine and feminine plural primaverales)

  1. (relational) spring

Further reading