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estival

estival

9.9
Relating to things that happen in summer
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛstɪvəl/
translation icon : estival
  • Many festivals take place during the estival months, attracting tourists from around the world.

Examples

  • The garden was filled with estival blooms and the scent of fresh-cut grass.

  • She preferred the estival climate, with its long days and warm breezes.

  • What an estival day!

  • The estival festival attracted many tourists.

  • The garden was filled with estival blooms and the scent of fresh-cut grass.

  • Many festivals take place during the estival months, attracting tourists from around the world.

  • She preferred the estival climate, with its long days and warm breezes.

Synonyms

summery
vsestival
3 2.8

Having warm, bright, and light qualities like sunny days

is about occurring in the warm season rather than being merely suitable
aestival
vsestival
9.9

Happening in the summer

is the standard term used generally rather than being rare or marked
summerlike
vsestival
3.4

Like warm, bright summer weather

is about actually occurring in the warm season rather than only resembling it

Surface Forms

estival positive

Morphology

estival = estiv (opaque) = estiv + al

There is no recognizable English base word for 'estiv', so the derivation is opaque.

Etymology

Estival comes from the Latin aestas, meaning 'summer'. So estival describes things that happen in the summer, like summer festivals, warm weather, or seasonal flowers.