LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

diurnālis

diurnālis (neuter diurnāle)
Classical[di.ʊrˈnaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[di.urˈnaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationdiurnal (of the day; that takes place during the day)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativediurnālisdiurnālisdiurnāle
genitivediurnālisdiurnālisdiurnālis
dativediurnālīdiurnālīdiurnālī
accusativediurnālemdiurnālemdiurnāle
ablativediurnālīdiurnālīdiurnālī
vocativediurnālisdiurnālisdiurnāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativediurnālēsdiurnālēsdiurnālia
genitivediurnāliumdiurnāliumdiurnālium
dativediurnālibusdiurnālibusdiurnālibus
accusativediurnālīs
diurnālēs
diurnālīs
diurnālēs
diurnālia
ablativediurnālibusdiurnālibusdiurnālibus
vocativediurnālēsdiurnālēsdiurnālia

dĭurnālis, e, adj. diurna, = ἡμερούσιος,
I. diurnal (hence, It. giornale; Fr. journal), Gloss. Lat. Gr.

Origins

Coined as a translation for the Ancient Greek ἡμερούσιος (hēmeroúsios, “daily”) from the roots diurnus (“of or belonging to the day”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanjornal
  • Italiangiornale
  • Frenchjournalfrom Old French journal
  • Englishjournalfrom Old French journal
  • Catalandiürnal
  • Englishdiurnal
  • Frenchdiurnal
  • Scotsjurnalfrom Old French journal
  • Cimbrianjornaalfrom Venetan xornàl
West Iberian
  • Portuguesejornalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese jornal
  • Spanishjornal
  • Asturianxornal
  • Galicianxornalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese jornal

In English words that came into English from diurnālis

  • journaldiurnālis
  • diurnaldiurnālis

Quick answers

What does diurnālis mean in Latin?
diurnālis, a adjective, means “diurnal (of the day; that takes place during the day)”.
How do you pronounce diurnālis?
In classical Latin, [di.ʊrˈnaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [di.urˈnaː.lis].