aurora

See also: Aurora, auroră, aurorą, and Aurorą

English

An aurora seen above Bear Lake, Alaska, USA

Etymology

From Latin aurōra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔː.ɹə/, /ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/, /ɔˈɹɔɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

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 Hemisphere respectively.

Synonyms

• chasma (obsolete, rare)
• polar light

Hyponyms

• (Northern Hemisphere): aurora borealis, northern lights
• (Southern Hemisphere): aurora australis, southern lights

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aurora australis
• aurora bluetail
• aurora borealis
• aurora glass

• auroral
• aurora sauce
• aurorean
• black aurora

Translations

atmospheric phenomenon

• Albanian: aurorë (sq)
• Arabic: شَفَق قُطْبِيّ‎ m (šafaq quṭbiyy)
• Bashkir: һаҙағай (haðağay)
• Bulgarian: се́верно сия́ние n (séverno sijánie)
• Catalan: aurora (ca) f polar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極光 (zh), 极光 (zh) (jíguāng)

• Czech: polární záře f
• Danish: polarlys n
• Dutch: poollicht (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭroro
• Estonian: virmalised pl
• Faroese: pólalýsi n
• Finnish: revontulet (fi) pl
• French: aurore polaire (fr) f
• Galician: aurora (gl) f
• German: Polarlicht (de) n
• Greek: σέλας (el) n (sélas)
• Hebrew: זֹהַר הַקֹּטֶב‎ (he) m (zóhar haqótev)
• Hungarian: sarki fény (hu)

• Icelandic: segulljós (is) n pl
• Ido: auroro (io)
• Irish: gealán m
• Japanese: 極光 (ja) (きょくこう, kyokukō), オーロラ (ja) (ōrora)
• Korean: 극광(極光) (ko) (geukgwang), 오로라 (ko) (orora)
• Latgalian: pūstumdzīsna, polardzīsna, sarkanis pl
• Latin: aurōra (la) f
• Latvian: ziemeļblāzma, polārblāzma, kāvi
• Mansi: сисьной (sisʹnoj)
• Maori: tahunuiarangi, tahu-nui-a-rangi, ngā kurakura o Hinenuitepō
• Norwegian: polarlys n
• Persian: ارورا‎ (ororâ), شفق قطبی‎ (fa) (šafaq-e qotbi), اوشه‎ (uše)
• Polish: zorza polarna (pl) f, aurora (pl) f, zorza poranna f
• Portuguese: aurora (pt) f
• Russian: поля́рное сия́ние (ru) n (poljárnoje sijánije), се́верное сия́ние (ru) n (sévernoje sijánije) (northern lights)
• Spanish: aurora (es) f
• Swedish: polarsken (sv) n
• Turkish: kutup ışığı
• Ukrainian: поля́рне ся́йво n (poljárne sjájvo)
• Uyghur: قۇتۇپ نۇرى‎ (qutup nuri)

Anagrams

• aroura

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Finnish

Noun

aurora

1. Synonym of auroraperhonen (“orange tip butterfly”)

Declension

Inflection of aurora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		aurora	aurorat
genitive		auroran	aurorien
partitive		auroraa	auroria
illative		auroraan	auroriin
		singular	plural
nominative		aurora	aurorat
accusative	nom.	aurora	aurorat
	gen.	auroran
genitive		auroran	aurorien aurorainrare
partitive		auroraa	auroria
inessive		aurorassa	aurorissa
elative		aurorasta	aurorista
illative		auroraan	auroriin
adessive		auroralla	aurorilla
ablative		auroralta	aurorilta
allative		auroralle	aurorille
essive		aurorana	aurorina
translative		auroraksi	auroriksi
instructive		—	aurorin
abessive		auroratta	auroritta
comitative		—	aurorineen

Possessive forms of aurora (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	aurorani	auroramme
2nd person	aurorasi	auroranne
3rd person	auroransa

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: au‧rò‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural aurore)

1. dawn, sunrise

   Synonym: alba

   Antonym: tramonto

   • 1816, Gioachino Rossini & Cesare Sterbini (lyrics and music), “Ecco, ridente in cielo”, in Il barbiere di Siviglia:

     Ecco, ridente in cielo spunta la bella aurora, e tu non sorgi ancora e puoi dormir cosi'?

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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-Italic *auzōs (as Flōra from flōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra, from *h₂ews- (“east”).

Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs), ἠώς (ēṓs), the Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the Old English Ēostre (modern Easter), English east.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/, [äu̯ˈroːrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈro.ra/, [äu̯ˈrɔːrä]

Noun

aurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension

1. dawn, sunrise

   Synonym: lūx

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aurōra	aurōrae
Genitive	aurōrae	aurōrārum
Dative	aurōrae	aurōrīs
Accusative	aurōram	aurōrās
Ablative	aurōrā	aurōrīs
Vocative	aurōra	aurōrae

Derived terms

• aurōreus

Related terms

• Aurōra

Descendants

• → English: aurora
• French: aurore
• Italian: aurora

• Romanian: auroră
• Spanish: aurora
• Portuguese: aurora

References

• aurora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aurora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aurora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurora in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: au‧ro‧ra
• Homophone: Aurora

Noun

aurora f

1. (literary) aurora

   Synonym: zorza poranna

Declension

Declension of aurora

	singular
nominative	aurora
genitive	aurory
dative	aurorze
accusative	aurorę
instrumental	aurorą
locative	aurorze
vocative	auroro

Further reading

• aurora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

aurora

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. dawn; daybreak
2. Clipping of aurora boreal.
3. (poetic) Orient

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Romanian

Noun

aurora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of auroră

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aurōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾoɾa/, [au̯ˈɾo.ɾa]

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. aurora

Derived terms

• aurora austral
• aurora boreal

Related terms

• auroral

Further reading

• “aurora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014