Hyphenation
Ver·nalTurkish pronunciation
vırnılPronunciation
/ˈvərnəl/ /ˈvɜrnəl/
Etymology
[ 'v&r-n&l ] (adjective.) 1534. Entering English in the sense of “pertaining to spring” in 1534“” listed in the Online Etymology Dictionary, © November 2001 Douglas Harper: From Latin vernālis (“of those things pertaining to the spring”)“vernal” listed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.“” listed by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1·1), from vernus (“of spring”), from vēr (“spring”)“vernal” listed in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; compare Old French vernal, French vernal