supernal

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supernal

  • /suːˈpɜː.nəl/ UK
  • /sjuːˈpɜː.nəl/ UK
  • /sʊˈpɜː.nəl/ UK
  • /suˈpɝ.nəl/ US
  • /sʊˈpɝ.nəl/ US
  • /səˈpɝ.nəl/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

Where it comes from

From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”).

adjective more supernal · most supernal

  1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial. The sweet, gentle, pious, Ocean-nymphs, who in the Prometheus of Æschylus appear as the consolers and advisers of its dignified hero, seem to hold a nearly similar relation with man to the supernal gods.

    Similar: celestial, heavenly

  2. Exalted, exquisite, superlative. Even the sunlight assumed a supernal glamour, as if some special atmosphere or exhalation mantled the whole region.

    Similar: exalted, exquisite

Opposite: earthly, infernal

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adjective

Opposite: earthly, infernal

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adj pertaining to heaven or to the sky

Españolcelestial
Françaiscéleste
Deutschhimmlisch, überirdisch
Italianoceleste, celestiale
Русскийнебе́сный nebésnyj, боже́ственный božéstvennyj, неземной nezemnoj

adj exalted, exquisite, superlative

Españolparadisiaco, encantador, sublime, inefable, exquisito
Françaisparadisiaque, ravissant, sublime, ineffable, exquis
Deutschüberzogen, exaltiert
Русскийнеобозримый neobozrimyj, необъятный neobʺjatnyj, бескрайний beskrajnij

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@misc{supernal_2026,
  title = {supernal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supernal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}