hivernal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hībernālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.βərˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.vərˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [i.veɾˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

hivernal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hivernals)

1. (relational) winter

   Synonym: hivernenc

   Antonym: estival

   • 2012, Rabih Alameddine, La dona de paper:

     Sobre la camisa de dormir del meu son abandonat, sobre la bata de la vergonya que vaig viure ahir, em poso la jaqueta de moher color bordeus que sempre em salva aquests primers matins d'hivern. Com que el pis és vell i no està ben aïllat, des de dins notes els vents hivernals i també els sents.

     Over the nightshirt of my abandoned sleep, over the robe of yesterday's embarrassment, I put on the burgundy mohair jacket which always saves me on these first winter mornings. As the flat is old and not well-insulated, you notice the winter winds from inside and you also feel them.

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hibernālis or derived from hiver (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.vɛʁ.nal/

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Adjective

hivernal (feminine hivernale, masculine plural hivernaux, feminine plural hivernales)

1. winter
   • 1966, Jean Fabre, Chénier, page 192:

     Aux cytises et aux oliviers de Sicile, il marie les noirs sapins de son pays, et la lumière hivernale se joue entre leurs troncs rougeâtres. Ses fleurs, le thym, la centaurée, la campanule, poussent en pleine terre.

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2. wintery, similar to winter

Antonyms

• estival

Derived terms

• dépression hivernale
• tempête hivernale européenne