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aestival

aestival

9.9
Happening in the summer
  • adjective
  • /ˈiːstɪvəl/
translation icon : estival
  • The aestival flowers bloom brightly in the garden.

Examples

  • He wrote poetry inspired by the aestival heat that blanketed the countryside.

  • The aestival festival attracts visitors from all over every summer.

  • The meadow glowed in the aestival sunshine, alive with the sound of insects.

  • Many aestival festivals celebrate the warmth of summer.

  • The aestival sun warmed the beachgoers as they relaxed on the sand.

  • She enjoyed the aestival festivals that celebrated the joy of summer.

  • During the aestival months, the garden was vibrant with colorful flowers.

Synonyms

summery
vsaestival
3 2.8

Having warm, bright, and light qualities like sunny days

refers to actual relation or occurrence in the summer season
estival
vsaestival
9.9

Relating to things that happen in summer

is the rarer form meaning the same relation to summer

Surface Forms

estival positive

Morphology

aestival = aestiv + al

The stem 'aestiv-' is a Latin combining form (not a productive, standalone English base), so English learners will not readily derive 'relating to summer' from the components.

Etymology

The word aestival comes from the Latin root aestas, which means 'summer'. So aestival is used to describe things that happen in or belong to the summer.