Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.
adjAppropriate to the season.
Sentence Examples
The seasonal rain front is moving in tomorrow.
The decline isn't so sharp after seasonal adjustment.
The restaurant menu changes regularly to include fresh, seasonal ingredients.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Farmers hire extra workers during the ____ harvest period in the autumn.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The farm shop stocked only ____ produce, changing its range with each time of year.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
French a-
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.
Proto-Italic *serō
Latin serō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin satiōnem
Old French saison
French saison
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Old French -ier
Middle French -er
French -er
French assaisonnerbor.
English season
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English seasonal
From season + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 26, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Express Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 456:
"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: