seasonal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsiːzənəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiō Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English seasonal From season + -al.
Meanings
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Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.
Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau.
2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN:It is a seasonal swimming pool.
The cult of the holiday camp has brought seasonal expresses to fresh destinations such as Penychain, in North Wales; over 250,000 people go by train annually to Butlin's holiday camps alone.
1957 July 14, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Express Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 456:
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(of weather) Appropriate to the season.
Q: How's the weather there? A: The wind is pretty stiff, but it's seasonal, so no complaints.
Q: Eyewitness News now turns to Steve for a weather update. Steve, what does the coming week have in store for us? A: Well, Stacy, get ready for the return of seasonal temperatures, because our little break from the cold will be coming to an end.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most seasonal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more seasonal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
aseasonal · nonseasonal · unseasonal
Deriveds
seasonality · contraseasonal · seasonal constellation · seasonal unemployment · preseasonal · seasonal depression · seasonalization · nonseasonal · coseasonal · seasonal hour · transseasonal · seasonal mood disorder · semiseasonal · multiseasonal · postseasonal · subseasonal · seasonally · seasonal worker · seasonalize · pseudoseasonal · aseasonal · interseasonal · unseasonal · periseasonal · seasonal lake · hyperseasonal · uniseasonal · intraseasonal · seasonal affective disorder
Hypernyms
appropriate · periodic · normal · expected · repetitive
Hyponyms
estival · autumnal · wintry · brumal · serotinal · aestivoautumnal · hiemal · summery · aestival · hibernal · vernal · estivoautumnal
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (33)
hu idényjellegű (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · kk маусымды (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ka სეზონის (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ca estacional (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · nl seizoensgebonden (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · hu évszaki (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ro sezonier (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ka სეზონური (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · it stagionale (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · fi sesonki- (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · fi kausittainen (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ms bermusim (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · cmn 季節性 /季节性 (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · es estacional (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · hu szezonális (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · es temporalero (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ka სასეზონო (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · hu idényszerű (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · cy tymhorol (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · pt estacional (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · cs sezónní (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · bg сезонен (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · pt sazonal (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · izh sezonnoi (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · fr saisonnier (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ru сезо́нный (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · ro sezonal (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · de saisonal (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · de jahreszeitlich (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · pl sezonowy (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · fi kausiluonteinen (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · nl seizoengebonden (of, related to, or reliant on a season) · kk маусымдық (of, related to, or reliant on a season)