English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Back-formation from dawning. Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’.
Pronunciation [edit]
dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past and past participle dawned)
- (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
- Before a new day dawns.
- (intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
- I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns.
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Translations [edit]
to begin to brighten with daylight
to start to appear, to be realized
See also [edit]
dawn (countable and uncountable; plural dawns)
- (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
- (countable) The rising of the sun.
- (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
- She rose before dawn to meet the train.
- (uncountable) The beginning.
- The dawn of civilisation.
Synonyms [edit]
- (rising of the sun): break of dawn, dayspring, sunrise
- (time when the sun rises): break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, dayspring, sunrise, sunup
- (beginning): beginning, onset, start
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Translations [edit]
morning twilight period
- Arabic: فجر (ar) (fajr) m
- Armenian: արշալույս (hy) (aršaluys)
- Bulgarian: зора (bg) (zora) f, разсъмване (bg) (razsǎmvane) n
- Catalan: aurora (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 黎明 (cmn) (límíng), 拂曉 (cmn), 拂晓 (cmn) (fúxiǎo), 破曉 (cmn), 破晓 (cmn) (pòxiǎo), 旦 (cmn) (dan4)
- Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m
- Finnish: aamunkoitto (fi), aamuhämärä (fi)
- French: aube (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Morgendämmerung (de) f, Dämmerung (de) f
- Greek: αυγή (el) (avgí) f
- Hindi: उषा (hi) (uṣā) f
- Icelandic: dögun (is) f, dagrenning (is) f, morgunsár (is) n, afturelding (is) f
- Italian: alba (it) f
- Japanese: 夜明け (ja) (よあけ, yoake)
- Korean: 새벽 (ko) (saebyeok)
- Latin: aurora (la) f
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- Macedonian: мугра (mk) (mùgra) f, зора (mk) (zóra) f
- Polish: świt (pl) m, brzask (pl) m
- Portuguese: amanhecer (pt), aurora (pt)
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: заря (ru) (zarjá) f, рассвет (ru) (rassvét) m
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese Sardinian: nèa
- Gallurese Sardinian: albore
- Logudorese Sardinian: arbéschida, arbòre
- Sassarese Sardinian: billòcca, chintari
- Scottish Gaelic: beul an latha (gd) m, briseadh-latha (gd) m, mochthrath (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: праскозорје (sh) n, зора (sh) f
- Roman: prȁskozōrje (sh) n, zòra (sh) f
- Spanish: alba (es) f, amanecer (es) m, aurora (es) f, madrugada (es) f
- Vietnamese: bình minh (vi), rạng đông (vi), buổi sớm tinh mơ (vi)
- Volapük: gödalulit (vo)
- Welsh: gwawr (cy) f
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rising of the sun
- Afrikaans: sonop (af)
- Armenian: լուսաբաց (hy) (lusabac’), այգաբաց (hy) (aygabac’), այգ (hy) (ayg)
- Asturian: alba (ast), alborecida (ast), alborecer (ast)
- Bulgarian: зора (bg) (zora) f, разсъмване (bg) (razsǎmvane) n
- Catalan: alba (ca) m
- Chamicuro: ijs̈hwaketasi
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天亮 (cmn) (tiānliàng)
- Czech: východ (cs) m
- Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m
- Egyptian: ʽnḏw
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- Esperanto: tagiĝo (eo)
- Ewe: fɔŋli
- Finnish: auringonnousu (fi), aamunkoitto (fi)
- French: lever du soleil (fr) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Dämmerung (de) f, Morgendämmerung (de) f, Morgengrauen (de) n, Tagesanbruch (de) m
- Greek: ανατολή (el) (anatolí) f
- Hindi: प्रभात (hi), भौर (hi)
- Hungarian: pirkadat (hu), virradat (hu)
- Icelandic: sólarupprás (is) f, sólris (is) n, sólaruppkoma (is) n
- Italian: alba (it) f, aurora (it) f
- Japanese: 夜明け (ja) (よあけ, yoake)
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- Korean: 해돋이 (ko) (haedodi)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهرهبهیان (ku) (barabayAn)
- Latin: aurora (la)
- Macedonian: изгрејсонце (mk) (izgréjsonce) n, изгрев (mk) (ízgrev) m
- Norwegian: soloppgang (no)
- Old English: dagung (ang) f
- Portuguese: amanhecer (pt)
- Romanian: alba (ro), auroră (ro) f
- Russian: восход (ru) (vosxód) m, восход солнца (ru) (vosxód sólntsa) m, рассвет (ru) (rassvét) m, (утренняя) заря ((útrennjaja) zarjá) f
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese Sardinian: alba, obrescidòrgiu
- Gallurese Sardinian: alba
- Logudorese Sardinian: alba, impoddile
- Sassarese Sardinian: pisata di soli
- Scottish Gaelic: èirigh na grèine (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian: zòra (sh) f, svȉtānje (sh) n, òsvit (sh) m, svanúće (sh) n, svitak (sh)
- Slovene: zora (sl) f
- Spanish: amanecer (es), alba (es)
- Swedish: soluppgång (sv)
- Turkish: şafak (tr)
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time
- Armenian: լուսաբաց (hy) (lusabac’), այգաբաց (hy) (aygabac’), այգ (hy) (ayg)
- Bulgarian: зори (bg) (zori) pl
- Catalan: albada (ca) f
- Czech: úsvit (cs) m, svítání (cs) n, zora (cs) f
- Dutch: dageraad (nl) m, zonsopgang (nl) m, ochtendschemering (nl) f
- Ewe: fɔŋli
- Finnish: aamunkoitto (fi)
- French: aube (fr) f, aurore (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Dämmerung (de) f, Morgendämmerung (de) f, Morgengrauen (de) n, Tagesanbruch (de) m
- Greek: αυγή (el) (avgí) f
- Hebrew: שחר (he) (shakhar) m
- Hungarian: virradat (hu), hajnal (hu)
- Icelandic: dögun (is) f
- Italian: alba (it) f, albori (it) m pl
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- Korean: 새벽 (ko) (saebyeok)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهرهبهیان (ku) (barabayAn), شهبهق (ku) (shabaq)
- Latin: aurora (la) f
- Macedonian: зора (mk) (zóra) f, мугра (mk) (mùgra) f
- Portuguese: aurora (pt)
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: восход солнца (ru) (vosxód sólntsa) m, рассвет (ru) (rassvét) m, (утренняя) заря ((útrennjaja) zarjá) f
- Scottish Gaelic: beul an latha (gd) m, briseadh-latha (gd) m, mochthrath (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian: svanuti (sh), zora (sh), razdan (sh), rasvet (sh), rasvetliti (sh), svanuti (sh), usvanuti (sh), zasvanuti (sh), svitanje (sh), òsvit (sh) m
- Swedish: gryning (sv) c
- Yiddish: פֿאַרטאָג (yi) (fartog) m
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Determiner [edit]
dawn pl
- Plural form of dan