primaveral

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

• “primaveral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From primavera ‎ -al.

Adjective

primaveral m or f (plural primaverais)

1. (relational) spring

Spanish

Etymology

From primavera ‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimabeˈɾal/ [pɾi.ma.β̞eˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ral

Adjective

primaveral m or f (masculine and feminine plural primaverales)

1. (relational) spring

Further reading

• “primaveral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16