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Definition: Supernal |
SupernalAdjective1. Being or coming from on high; "interpret the plague as a visitation from heaven, a supernal punishment for the sins of men". 2. Of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "supernal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Supernal \Su*per"nal\, adjective. [Latin expression supernus, from super above: compare to the French expression supernel. See Super-.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SupernalSynonyms: celestial (adj), ethereal (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: infernal (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heaven | Adjective: heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiacal, beatific, elysian. |
Summit | Adjective: highest; (high; ); top; top most, upper most; tiptop; culminating; Verb: meridian, meridional; capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Supernal |
| English words defined with "supernal": celestial ♦ ethereal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "supernal": grok. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Supernal" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (supernal). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Albanian | qiellor (celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, heavenly), hyjnor (celestial, divine, empyreal, godlike, heavenly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възвишен (elate, grand, great, high, high minded, high-toned, lofty, magnanimous, noble, rarefied, soaring, spheric, sublime), небесен (celestial, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, skyey, spheric, sphery, superlunary), божествен (celestial, divine, glorious, godlike, heavenly, olympian, seraphic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überirdisch (celestial, extraterrestrial, heavenly, overhead, supernatural, unearthly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερκόσμιοσ (supramundane, ultramundane, unearthly, unworldly), ουράνιοσ (celestial, empyrean, heavenly), θείοσ (celestial, divine, sublime, uncle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שמימי (celestial, ethereal, heavenly, sublime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mennyei (celestial, divvy, empyreal, heavenly, out of this world, paradisiac, unearthly), égi (celestial, heavenly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ultraterreno (supernatural). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | upernalsay supernal, elevado (commanding, elate, elevated, exalted, great, high, high-level, high-minded, hightoned, high-up, lofty, overhead, raised, soaring, soulful, sublimate, sublime, tall), divino (celestial, divine, godlike, heavenly), celestial (celestial, heavenly), celeste (celestial, heavenly, sky-ey, unearthly). (various references) небесный (celestial, empyreal, empyrean, heavenly, skyey). (various references) nebeski (celestial, empyreal, empyrean, heavenly, skyey), gornji (above, over, overhead, top, upper), božanski (divine, godlike). (various references) superno. (various references) övernaturlig (occult, preternatural, supernatural, weird). (various references) tanrısal (celestial, divine, godlike, heavenly, holy, olympian, spiritual). (various references) високопоставлений (distinguished, high ranking, high-up, top flight), божественний (airy, ambrosial, celestial, divine, godlike, godly, heavenly, olympian, out of this world, supernatural). (various references) cao thượng có địa vị cao, có quyền lực cao, ở thiên đường cao cả. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | superna, supernus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "supernal": supernally. (additional references) | |
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"Supernal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Duperial, Duperval, spernal, supera, supercal, superkal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "supernal" (pronounced 'Su*per"nal'): Adrenal, Affinal, Anal, Annal, Antennal, Asternal, Autumnal, Binal, Caninal, Carnal, Cerebro-spinal, Coeternal, Crinal, final, fraternal, Gastroduodenal, Geanticlinal, Geosynclinal, hibernal, hymnal, Infraspinal, Infrasternal, lienal, Lucernal, maternal, matutinal, Mediastinal, Mesosternal, Metasternal, Monoclinal, Omosternal, Paludinal, Paraphernal, Paternal, Penal, Phonal, Piperonal, Plenal, Postanal, Prespinal, Prorenal, Prorhinal, Ranal, Regnal, renal, rhinal, Semidiurnal, sempiternal, Siphorhinal, spinal. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: purslane. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: perusal, planers, pleuras, replans. | |
-2 letters: arpens, lapser, learns, lunars, neural, panels, pareus, parles, pauser, pearls, planer, planes, pleura, prunes, pulers, pulsar, pulser, replan, saurel, ulpans, unreal, unseal. | |
-3 letters: apers, apres, arles, arpen, aspen, asper, aures, earls, earns, elans, lanes, lapse, lares, laser, leans, leaps, learn, lears, lunar, lunas, lunes, lures, napes, nares, neaps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: prunellas, purslanes, superlain, underlaps, uplanders. | |
+2 letters: peninsular, pleasuring, superclean, superlunar, supernally, superplane, supplanter, suprarenal, underplays. | |
+3 letters: aquaplaners, insuperable, insuperably, leprechauns, pastureland, republicans, superaltern, superlunary, supernormal, superplanes, supplanters, suprarenals, ungraspable. | |
+4 letters: antipleasure, counterplans, counterplays, counterpleas, pasturelands, pelargoniums, planetariums, porcelaneous, premenstrual, proconsulate, superalterns, superhumanly, supernatural, thunderclaps. | |
+5 letters: alphanumerics, antipleasures, ceruloplasmin, gelandesprung, inoperculates, insupportable, leprechaunish, paralanguages, polyurethanes, porcellaneous, prayerfulness, preindustrial, premenopausal, proconsulates, repopulations, republicanism, spiritualness, superableness, supercalender, supercriminal, supermilitant, supernational, supernaturals, supernormally, superpersonal, superregional, supersalesman, supersalesmen, supplementary, unrespectable, unspectacular, unsupportable, unsurpassable, upperclassman, upperclassmen. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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