vernal
Portuguese, adjective/veʁˈnaw/
vernal is spelled V-E-R-N-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “vernal (pertaining to spring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponto da esfera celeste determinado pela posição do sol quando esse, movendo-se pela eclíptica, cruza o…”.
What does vernal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ponto da esfera celeste determinado pela posição do sol quando esse, movendo-se pela eclíptica, cruza o equador celeste - em proximidade ou no dia 21 de março - determinando o equinócio de primavera para o hemisfério norte e o de outono para o hemisfério sul.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vernal
- vernais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vernal?
- Brazil /veʁˈnaw/
- Brazil [veɦˈnaʊ̯]
- /veɾˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vernal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vernal in Portuguese?
vernal appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).