sunrise

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English

a sunrise

Etymology

Compound of sun + rise

Pronunciation

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Noun

sunrise (plural sunrises)

1. (figuratively) The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

   I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.

2. The change in color of the sky at dawn.

   Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?

3. (figuratively) Any great awakening.

   It was the sunrise of her spirit.

Synonyms

• sunup (1)
• crack of dawn
• dawn
• sparrow-fart

Derived terms

• sunrise period
• tequila sunrise

Translations

time of day

Arabic: شروق (ar) (shurūq) Armenian: արևածագ (hy) (arevaçag) Danish: solopgang (da) Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m. Esperanto: sunleviĝo (eo) Finnish: auringonnousu, päivännousu (poetic), päivänkoi (poetic), aamunkoi (poetic) French: lever du soleil (fr) m. German: Sonnenaufgang (de) m. Greek: ανατολή (el) (anatolí) f. Hebrew: זריחה (he) (zrikha) f. Hungarian: napkelte (hu), napfelkelte (hu) Irish: éirí (ga) m. na gréine (ga) Italian: levar del sole m., aurora f., alba f. Japanese: 日の出 (ja) (ひので, hi no de)

Korean: 해돋이 (ko) (haedodi) Latvian: saullēkts m. Luxembourgish: Sonnenopgang (lb) m. Macedonian: изгрејсонце (mk) (izgréjsonce) n., изгрев (mk) (ízgrev) m. Norwegian: soloppgang (no) m. Old English: ēarendel m., dæġred n., dæġrima m., dagung f. Polish: wschód słońca m. Portuguese: nascer do sol m., aurora (pt) Romanian: răsărit (ro) m. Russian: восход солнца (vosχód sólntsa) m., (утренняя) заря ((útrennjaja) zarjá) f., рассвет (rassvét) m. Serbian: izlazak sunca Spanish: amanecer (es) m. Swedish: soluppgång (sv) c.

sky changing color

Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m. German: Sonnenaufgang (de) m. Hebrew: זריחה (he) (zrikha) f. Japanese: 朝焼け (あさやけ, asyake) Korean: 아침놀 (achim-nol) Macedonian: изгрејсонце (mk) (izgréjsonce) n. Norwegian: soloppgang (no) m.

Old English: frumleoht n., morgenleoht n., rodorlihting f. Portuguese: aurora (pt) f. Romanian: crăparea zilei (ro) f. Russian: заря (ru) (zarjá) f., рассвет (ru) (rassvét) m. Serbian: izlazak sunca Spanish: alborada (es) Swedish: soluppgång (sv) c.

figurative awakening

Spanish: amanecer (es), despertad (es), despierto (es)

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Albanian: lindja e diellit (šurú:q aš-šams) m. Mandarin: 日出 (rìchū) Isthmus Zapotec: nacanda, zeda irá gueelaʼ

Latin: aurora f. (1,2), ortus m. (1) Lithuanian: saulėtekis m. (1), aušra f. (1); žara f. (2) Romanian: răsărit de soare (1) Spanish: salida del sol f. Telugu: సూర్యోదయం (sooryOdayaM)

Adjective

sunrise

1. Pertaining to an unusually early time of day.

   The sunrise-service will be at 6:30AM.

Translations

pertaining to an unusually early time of day

Macedonian: мугри (mk) (mùgri) f. pl.

See also

• sunset
• moonset
• moonrise

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