In Japan, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.
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Vernal
//ˈvɜːn(ə)l//
Synonyms for "vernal" (120 found)
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Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
6 entriesderived
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пролетен adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- свеж adj (having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 春令 adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Czech
1 entries- jarní adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Dutch
2 entries- lente adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- voorjaars adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Esperanto
1 entries- printempa adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Finnish
1 entries- keväinen adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
French
2 entries- printanier adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- vernal adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Georgian
4 entries- ახალგაზრდა adj (having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful)
- ახალი adj (having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful)
- გაზაფხულის adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- გაზაფხულური adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
German
2 entries- Frühlings adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- frühlingshaft adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֲבִיבִי adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Hungarian
1 entries- tavaszi adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Kazakh
1 entries- көктемдік adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Latin
1 entries- vernus adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Persian
1 entries- بهاری adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Polish
2 entries- młodzieńczy adj (having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful)
- wiosenny adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Portuguese
1 entries- vernal adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Russian
3 entries- весе́нний adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- молодо́й adj (having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful)
- све́жий adj (having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful)
Spanish
2 entries- primaveral adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
- vernal adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Swedish
1 entries- vårlig adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Ukrainian
1 entries- весняни́й adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Welsh
1 entries- gwanwynol adj (pertaining to or occurring in spring)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The vernal equinox is approaching.
Source: tatoeba (12365213)
Winter doesn't want to give way to her vernal sister just yet.
Source: tatoeba (12365216)
Eggs, flowers, and green leaves are vernal images.
Source: tatoeba (12365218)
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