diurnal

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English[edit]

WOTD – 2 December 2008

Etymology[edit]

From Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”). Doublet of journal.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

diurnal (comparative more diurnal, superlative most diurnal)

  1. Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
    Most birds are diurnal.
    • 1972, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind, Volume 1‎[1]:
      However, in general, lizards are more diurnal than rattlers, which may be one of the reasons why young rattlers are more diurnal than adults.
    • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
      Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring / Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring.
  2. (botany) Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.
  3. Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian.
  4. (uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.
  5. (archaic) Published daily.

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Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of "happening or active during the day"): nocturnal, nightly
  • (antonym(s) of "active or open during the day"): nocturnal

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (active or open during the day): crepuscular (active during twilight; dawn or dusk)
  • (active or open during the day): matutinal (active during dawn)
  • (active or open during the day): vespertine (active during dusk)
  • (active or open during the day): diel (having a 24-hour period, regardless of day or night)

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Noun[edit]

diurnal (plural diurnals)

  1. A flower that opens only in the day.
  2. (Catholicism) A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.
  3. (archaic) A diary or journal.
    • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:
      He was by birth, some authors write, / A Russian, some a Muscovite, / And 'mong the Cossacks had been bred, / Of whom we in diurnals read.
  4. (archaic) A daily news publication.

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French[edit]

Noun[edit]

diurnal m (plural diurnaux)

  1. diurnal (book)

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French diurnal or Latin diurnalis. By surface analysis, diurn +‎ -al. Doublet of jurnal.

Adjective[edit]

diurnal m or n (feminine singular diurnală, masculine plural diurnali, feminine and neuter plural diurnale)

  1. diurnal

Declension[edit]

Declension of diurnal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite diurnal diurnală diurnali diurnale
definite diurnalul diurnala diurnalii diurnalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite diurnal diurnale diurnali diurnale
definite diurnalului diurnalei diurnalilor diurnalelor

Noun[edit]

diurnal n (plural diurnale)

  1. diurnal

Declension[edit]

Declension of diurnal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) diurnal diurnalul (niște) diurnale diurnalele
genitive/dative (unui) diurnal diurnalului (unor) diurnale diurnalelor
vocative diurnalule diurnalelor
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