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Autumnal

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Relating to autumn. It commonly conveys ripeness, fading color, and reflective decline.

Detailed Definition
Autumnal describes the season of autumn and carries associations beyond its literal meaning. In poetry, it may characterize light, color, weather, mood, or a stage of life marked by maturity and approaching change. Amber leaves, low sun, smoke, and harvested fields often create an autumnal scene, but the word can also shape a voice of calm reflection. Because it joins beauty with diminishment, autumnal language is especially effective in elegies and poems that seek dignity rather than despair in endings.
Example
Example in poetry:
John Keats's "To Autumn" presents an autumnal world of mist, fruitfulness, and approaching decline; A poet might write, "Autumnal smoke climbed from the fields at dusk," creating a mood of harvest and quiet change; "The autumnal maples spent their copper leaves" uses color imagery to portray seasonal loss; A speaker may use autumnal rain as a metaphor for maturity, memory, or a relationship nearing its end
Additional Notes
Autumnal often carries both beauty and loss: ripe fruit, red leaves, harvest light, and approaching decay. It can describe a landscape, mood, or stage of life. Related concepts include maturity, transition, and elegy.
Also Known As
Fall Autumn
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