aurora

See also Aurora

English

aurora

Noun

aurora (plural auroras or aurorae)

1. An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the southern or northern hemispheres respectively.

Synonyms

• polar light

Derived terms

• aurora australis
• aurora borealis
• auroral
• aurorean

Translations

an atmospheric phenomenon

• Albanian: aurorë (sq)
• Arabic: شفق قطبي (ar) (shafaq quTniy) m
• Bulgarian: северно сияние (bg) (séverno sijánie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極光 (cmn), 极光 (cmn) (jíguang)

• Danish: polarlys (da) n
• Dutch: poollicht (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭroro (eo)
• Faroese: pólalýsi (fo) n
• Finnish: revontulet (fi) pl
• French: aurore polaire (fr) f
• German: Polarlicht (de) n
• Icelandic: segulljós (is) n pl

• Ido: auroro (io)
• Irish: gealán (ga) m
• Japanese: 極光 (ja) (きょくこう, kyokukō)
• Korean: 극광 (ko) (geukgwang) (極光 (ko)), 오로라 (ko) (orora)
• Latin: aurora (la) f
• Maori: tahunuiarangi (mi)
• Norwegian: polarlys (no) n
• Polish: zorza polarna (pl) f
• Russian: полярное сияние (ru) (poljárnoje sijánije) n, северное сияние (ru) (sévernoje sijánije) n (northern lights)
• Spanish: aurora (es) f
• Swedish: polarsken (sv) n
• Turkish: kutup ışığı (tr)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /auˈrɔra/, [au̯ˈrɔː.ra]
• Hyphenation: au‧rò‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural aurore)

1. dawn, sunrise
2. aurora

Related terms

• aurora boreale
• aurorale

See also

• (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora,‎ alba,‎ mattino/‎mattina,‎ mezzogiorno,‎ pomeriggio,‎ tramonto,‎ crepuscolo,‎ sera,‎ notte,‎ mezzanotte ^{(Category: it:Time) [edit]}

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsṓs (“dawn”), which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in Proto-Indo-European religion, corresponding to Roman goddess Aurōra. Cognates include Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēōs)/ἠώς (hēōs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn; Ushas”) and possibly Old English Ēostre.

See also auster.

Noun

aurōra (genitive aurōrae); f, first declension

1. dawn, sunrise

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	aurōra	aurōrae
genitive	aurōrae	aurōrārum
dative	aurōrae	aurōrīs
accusative	aurōram	aurōrās
ablative	aurōrā	aurōrīs
vocative	aurōra	aurōrae

Related terms

• Aurōra

Descendants

• English: aurora
• French: aurore
• Italian: aurora
• Romanian: aurora
• Spanish: aurora
• Portuguese: aurora

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Portuguese

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. dawn, daybreak

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Romanian

Noun

aurora f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of auroră)

1. the dawn

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Spanish

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. aurora