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autumnal

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtʌm.nəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɑˈtʌm.nəl/
  • General-American: /ɔˈtʌm.nəl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • India, North: /ɔːˈʈɐm.nɐl/
  • India, South: /ˈɔː.ʈɐm.nɐl/
  • India, South: /ˈɑː.ʈɐm.nɐl/ father-bother merger
  • CMU ARPABET: AO0 T AH1 M N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to autumn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Past the middle of life; in the third stage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the autumnal equinox
  • autumnal fruits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: vernal, summery, wintry

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

characteristic of late maturity verging on decline

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a serene autumnal mood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَرِيفِيّ (ḵarīfiyy) — of or relating to autumn
  • Arabic: خريفي (ḵarīfi) — of or relating to autumn
  • Arabic: خريفي (ḵrīfi) — of or relating to autumn
  • Armenian: աշնանային (ašnanayin) — of or relating to autumn
  • Belarusian: восеньскі (vósjenʹski) — of or relating to autumn
  • Belarusian: асенні (asjenni) — of or relating to autumn
  • Bulgarian: есенен (esenen) — of or relating to autumn
  • Catalan: autumnal — of or relating to autumn
  • Catalan: tardorenc — of or relating to autumn
  • Cornish: kynnyavel — of or relating to autumn
  • Czech: podzimní — of or relating to autumn
  • Esperanto: aŭtuna — of or relating to autumn
  • Finnish: syksyinen — of or relating to autumn
  • French: automnal — of or relating to autumn
  • Old French: autumnal — of or relating to autumn
  • Galician: outonal — of or relating to autumn
  • Georgian: შემოდგომის (šemodgomis) — of or relating to autumn
  • Georgian: საშემოდგომო (sašemodgomo) — of or relating to autumn
  • Georgian: შემოდგომური (šemodgomuri) — of or relating to autumn
  • German: Herbst- — of or relating to autumn
  • German: herbstlich — of or relating to autumn
  • Greek: φθινοπωρινός (fthinoporinós) — of or relating to autumn
  • Greek: φθινοπωριάτικος (fthinoporiátikos) — of or relating to autumn
  • Ancient Greek: ὀπωρινός (opōrinós) — of or relating to autumn
  • Hebrew: סתווי (stávi) — of or relating to autumn
  • Hungarian: őszi — of or relating to autumn
  • Hungarian: őszies — of or relating to autumn
  • Icelandic: haust- — of or relating to autumn
  • Icelandic: haustlegur — of or relating to autumn
  • Ido: autunala — of or relating to autumn
  • Ingrian: syksyin — of or relating to autumn
  • Ingrian: syksylliin — of or relating to autumn
  • Irish: fómharach — of or relating to autumn
  • Italian: autunnale — of or relating to autumn
  • Kalmyk: намрин (namrin) — of or relating to autumn
  • Latin: autumnalis — of or relating to autumn
  • Latvian: rudens — of or relating to autumn
  • Maltese: ħarifi — of or relating to autumn
  • Persian: پاییزی (pâyizi) — of or relating to autumn
  • Polish: jesienny — of or relating to autumn
  • Portuguese: outonal — of or relating to autumn
  • Romanian: tomnatic — of or relating to autumn
  • Romanian: de toamnă — of or relating to autumn
  • Russian: осе́нний (osénnij) — of or relating to autumn
  • Serbo-Croatian: јесенски — of or relating to autumn
  • Serbo-Croatian: jesenski — of or relating to autumn
  • Spanish: otoñal — of or relating to autumn
  • Spanish: autumnal — of or relating to autumn
  • Swedish: höstlig — of or relating to autumn
  • Swedish: höst- — of or relating to autumn
  • Swedish: höstlik — of or relating to autumn
  • Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎗𐎔𐎐𐎚 (ḫrpnt) — of or relating to autumn
  • Ukrainian: осі́нній (osínnij) — of or relating to autumn
  • Welsh: hydrefol — of or relating to autumn
  • Zazaki: payıze — of or relating to autumn