autumnal

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UK/ɔːˈtʌm.nəl/US/ɑˈtʌm.nəl/US/ɔˈtʌm.nəl/India, North/ɔːˈʈɐm.nɐl/

adjective

Of or relating to autumn.

Similar
fallishfall-likeautumn-floweringautumn-bloomingfall-floweringlate-ripeningmature
Opposite
wintryvernalsummery
OriginLatin autumnāl(is) →
UncommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

adjectiveautumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)

comparative more autumnal · superlative most autumnal

  1. Of or relating to autumn.

    Synonyms: fallish, fall-like

  2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.

    "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.

    1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC
  3. Relating to colors associated with autumn.

    A mop of autumnal hair flung itself at Verity's face.

    2025, Don Martin, Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire, page 211

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or relating to autumn.

Similar
fallishfall-like

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or characteristic of or occurring in autumn

Similar
autumn-floweringautumn-bloomingfall-floweringlate-ripening
Opposite
wintryvernalsummery

adjectivecharacteristic of late maturity verging on decline

Similar
mature
Also see
autumnlyfallishlate-bloomingmature

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinautumnāl(is)
  2. Englishautumnal

Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ὀπωρινός
  • ὀπωρινός (opōrinós)of or relating to autumn
Arabic خَرِيفِيّ
  • خَرِيفِيّ (ḵarīfiyy)of or relating to autumn
Bulgarian есенен
  • есенен (esenen)of or relating to autumn
Catalan autumnal, tardorenc
  • autumnalof or relating to autumn
  • tardorencof or relating to autumn
Czech podzimní
  • podzimníof or relating to autumn
Esperanto aŭtuna
  • aŭtunaof or relating to autumn
Finnish syksyinen
  • syksyinenof or relating to autumn
French automnal
  • automnalof or relating to autumn
German Herbst-, herbstlich
  • Herbst-of or relating to autumn
  • herbstlichof or relating to autumn
Greek φθινοπωρινός, φθινοπωριάτικος
  • φθινοπωρινός (fthinoporinós)of or relating to autumn
  • φθινοπωριάτικος (fthinoporiátikos)of or relating to autumn
Hebrew סתווי
  • סתווי (stávi)of or relating to autumn
Hungarian őszi, őszies
  • ősziof or relating to autumn
  • ősziesof or relating to autumn
Icelandic haust-, haustlegur
  • haust-of or relating to autumn
  • haustlegurof or relating to autumn
Irish fómharach
  • fómharachof or relating to autumn
Italian autunnale
  • autunnaleof or relating to autumn
Latin autumnalis
  • autumnalisof or relating to autumn
Latvian rudens
  • rudensof or relating to autumn
Persian پاییزی
  • پاییزی (pâyizi)of or relating to autumn
Polish jesienny
  • jesiennyof or relating to autumn
Portuguese outonal
  • outonalof or relating to autumn
Romanian tomnatic, de toamnă
  • tomnaticof or relating to autumn
  • de toamnăof or relating to autumn
Russian осе́нний
  • осе́нний (osénnij)of or relating to autumn
Spanish otoñal, autumnal
  • otoñalof or relating to autumn
  • autumnalof or relating to autumn
Swedish höstlig, höst-
  • höstligof or relating to autumn
  • höst-of or relating to autumn
  • höstlikof or relating to autumn
Ukrainian осі́нній
  • осі́нній (osínnij)of or relating to autumn
Welsh hydrefol
  • hydrefolof or relating to autumn
Cite this entry
APA

autumnal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autumnal

MLA

“autumnal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autumnal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autumnal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autumnal.

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