autumnal

Questions about autumnal

What does autumnal mean?

autumnal means "of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in autumnal?

autumnal has 3 syllables: au-tum-nal. The stress falls on "tum". In IPA it is /ɔˈtʌmnəl/.

What is the opposite of autumnal?

The recorded antonyms are wintry, vernal, summery.

Is autumnal a common word?

autumnal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.