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Yes. The word vernal is a Scrabble US word. The word vernal is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (3 found)

NERVAL,VERLAN,VERNAL,

5-letter words (10 found)

ELVAN,LAVER,LEARN,NAVEL,NERAL,RAVEL,RAVEN,RENAL,VELAR,VENAL,

4-letter words (29 found)

ARLE,AVEL,AVER,EARL,EARN,ELAN,LAER,LANE,LARE,LARN,LAVE,LEAN,LEAR,LEVA,NARE,NAVE,NEAL,NEAR,RALE,RAVE,REAL,REAN,VALE,VANE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VENA,VERA,

3-letter words (21 found)

ALE,ANE,ARE,AVE,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERN,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,NAE,NAV,RAN,RAV,REN,REV,VAE,VAN,VAR,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AN,AR,EA,EL,EN,ER,LA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 76 words from vernal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vernal

vernal

Etymology

From Latin vernālis (“(rare) of or pertaining to spring; vernal”), from vērnus (“of or pertaining to spring; vernal”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). Vērnus is derived from vēr (“season of spring”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”)) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Old French vernal (modern French vernal), Italian vernale (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Occitan vernal, Portuguese vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Spanish vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːn(ə)l/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝnəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
  • Hyphenation: vern‧al

Adjective

vernal (comparative more vernal, superlative most vernal) (formal, literary)

  1. Pertaining to or occurring in spring. [from mid 16th c.]
    Synonyms: springlike, spring-like; (rare) springly
  2. (figuratively) Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful.

Usage notes

Vernal is used mostly in technical contexts (as in e.g. vernal equinox) or poetic contexts. In everyday language, attributive use of spring predominates, as in spring colors, spring flowers, spring equinox.

Alternative forms

  • vernall (obsolete)

Coordinate terms

  • (pertaining to seasons): summer: aestival/estival, summery · autumn or fall: autumnal · winter: brumal, hibernal, wintry

Derived terms

Related terms

  • primavera
  • ver (“springtime”) (obsolete)
  • vere, vere-time (“springtime”) (obsolete)

Translations

References

Further reading

  • vernal (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “vernal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Lavern, nerval, verlan

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

vernal (feminine vernale, masculine plural vernaux, feminine plural vernales)

  1. vernal

References

  • “vernal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ver‧nal

Adjective

vernal m or f (plural vernais)

  1. vernal (pertaining to spring)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vernal, from Latin vernalis.

Adjective

vernal m or n (feminine singular vernală, masculine plural vernali, feminine and neuter plural vernale)

  1. vernal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vernālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾˈnal/ [beɾˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ver‧nal
  • Homophone: Bernal

Adjective

vernal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vernales)

  1. vernal (pertaining to spring)
    Synonym: primaveral

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vernal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org