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supernal

UK /suːˈpɜː.nəl/adjective

supernal is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-P-E-R-N-A-L and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does supernal mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.

  2. 2

    Exalted, exquisite, superlative.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce supernal?

  • UK /suːˈpɜː.nəl/
  • UK /sjuːˈpɜː.nəl/
  • UK /sʊˈpɜː.nəl/

Supernal has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-supernal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of supernal

  • more supernal comparative
  • most supernal superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is supernal?

Supernal appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Supernal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcéleste (pertaining to heaven or to the sky), paradisiaque, ravissant, sublime, ineffable, exquis (exalted, exquisite, superlative)
Germanhimmlisch, überirdisch (pertaining to heaven or to the sky), überzogen, exaltiert (exalted, exquisite, superlative)
Spanishcelestial (pertaining to heaven or to the sky), paradisiaco, encantador, sublime, inefable, exquisito (exalted, exquisite, superlative)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does supernal come from?

From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).