• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɜːn(ə)l/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈvɝnəl/

vernal (formal, literary)

1. Pertaining to or occurring in spring#Noun|spring. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: springlike, spring-like, springly

   • 1794, Robert Southey, Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts, London: Printed [by J. M‘Creery] for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], published 1817, OCLC 362102 ↗, Act I, page 15 ↗:

     Look round: the vernal fields smile with new flowers, / The budding orchard perfumes the soft breeze, / And the green corn waves to the passing gale.

2. (figuratively) Having characteristic#Noun|characteristics like spring; fresh, young#Adjective|young, youthful.
   • 1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, OCLC 642619686 ↗, lines 1168–1171, page 44 ↗:

     When after the long vernal day of life, / Enamour'd more, as more remembrance ſwells / With many a proof of recollected love, / Together down they [the seasons] ſink in ſocial ſleep; [...]

   • 1827, [John Keble], “The Circumcision of Christ”, in The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], OCLC 1029642537 ↗, page 47 ↗:

     Art thou a child of tears, / Cradled in care and woe? / And seems it hard thy vernal years / Few vernal joys can shew?

• primavera
• ver (obsolete)
• vere, vere-time (obsolete)

• French: vernal
• German: Frühling, frühlingshaft
• Portuguese: vernal
• Russian: весе́нний
• Spanish: vernal, primaveral

• Russian: молодо́й

1. A city/county seat in Uintah County, Utah.