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estival

adj · 3 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: /iːˈstaɪv(ə)l/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiːstɪv(ə)l/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛˈstaɪv(ə)l/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛstaɪv(ə)l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪvəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to summer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: summery, summer

Antonyms: hibernal, brumal, winter, wintry

2

adj

Meaning 2

Coming forth in the summer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

(rare) of or occurring in summer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the sky was a burnished aestival blue
  • estival winds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aestival

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English estival, from Old French estival, from Latin aestivalis.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَيْفِيّ (ṣayfiyy) — of or relating to summer
  • Belarusian: ле́тні (ljétni) — of or relating to summer
  • Bulgarian: летен (leten) — of or relating to summer
  • Catalan: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夏天的 — of or relating to summer
  • Czech: letní — of or relating to summer
  • Dutch: zomers — of or relating to summer
  • Finnish: kesäinen — of or relating to summer
  • French: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Galician: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Georgian: საზაფხულო (sazapxulo) — of or relating to summer
  • Georgian: ზაფხულის (zapxulis) — of or relating to summer
  • Georgian: ზაფხულური (zapxuluri) — of or relating to summer
  • German: sommerlich — of or relating to summer
  • Hungarian: nyári — of or relating to summer
  • Ido: somerala — of or relating to summer
  • Indonesian: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Italian: estivo — of or relating to summer
  • Latin: aestivālis — of or relating to summer
  • Persian: تابستانی (tâbestâni) — of or relating to summer
  • Portuguese: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Portuguese: estivo — of or relating to summer
  • Romanian: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Romanian: estiv — of or relating to summer
  • Romanian: văratic — of or relating to summer
  • Russian: ле́тний (létnij) — of or relating to summer
  • Slovak: letný — of or relating to summer
  • Spanish: estival — of or relating to summer
  • Swedish: somrig — of or relating to summer
  • Ukrainian: лі́тній (lítnij) — of or relating to summer
  • Welsh: hafol — of or relating to summer