sunrise

English

Etymology

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun +‎ rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌnɹaɪz

Noun

sunrise (countable and uncountable, plural sunrises)

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Synonyms: sunup, (slang) sparrow-fart; see also Thesaurus:dawn

Antonyms: sunset, sundown; see also Thesaurus:dusk

Coordinate term: moonrise

I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.
The change in color of the sky at dawn.
Antonym: sunset

Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?
(figuratively) Any great awakening.
Antonym: sunset

Coordinate term: twilight

It was the sunrise of her spirit.
- 1915, Mrs. Hugh Fraser, Storied Italy‎^[1]:
  Her face shone for a moment with new and unearthly splendour, her eyes lighted up with a very sunrise of joy.
- 1898, F. R. Chandler, The Story of Lake Geneva, Or, Summer Homes for City People‎^[2]:
  It is in its zenith at mid-June, a very sunrise of Nature; and what with its forest and flower- fringed shores, its palace homes and parks, each with its white-winged or canopied yacht for skimming the lake at will, it at once occurred to me that Paradise had already been discovered and appropriated by Lake Geneva loiterers.

Derived terms

Translations

time of day

Afrikaans: sonopkoms, sonop
Albanian: lindje (sq), agim (sq)
Arabic: شُرُوق (ar) (šurūq), شُرُوق الشَّمْس (šurūq aš-šams), بُكُور m (bukūr), غُدْوَة f (ḡudwa)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܸܢܚܵܐ m (dinḳa)
Armenian: արևածագ (hy) (arewacag)
Azerbaijani: günəşin doğması
Belarusian: усхо́д со́нца m (usxód sónca)
Bikol Central: pagsirang, pagsubang
Bulgarian: и́згрев (bg) m (ízgrev)
Burmese: နေထွက် (my) (nehtwak)
Catalan: sortida de sol f
Cherokee: ᎧᎸᎬ (kalvgv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日出 (jat⁶ ceot¹)

Mandarin: 日出 (zh) (rìchū)
Czech: východ slunce m
Danish: solopgang (da)
Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m, zonsopkomst (nl) f, ochtendgloren (nl) n
Elfdalian: suoluppgaungg m
Esperanto: sunleviĝo
Estonian: päikesetõus, koit, koidik
Faroese: sólaruppkoma f
Finnish: auringonnousu (fi), päivänkoite (fi), päivännousu (fi) (poetic), päivänkoi (fi) (poetic), aamunkoi (fi) (poetic)
French: lever du soleil (fr) m, potron-minet (fr) m
Galician: mencer (gl), amencer (gl), alborada (gl) f, abrente (gl) m, lubricán m
Georgian: განთიადი (ka) (gantiadi), ცისკარი (cisḳari), აისი (aisi), გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži), რიჟრაჟი (rižraži), მზის ამოსვლა (mzis amosvla)
German: Sonnenaufgang (de) m
Gothic: 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 m (urruns)
Greek: ανατολή (el) f (anatolí)
Greenlandic: seqerngup nuinera
Hebrew: זריחה \ זְרִיחָה (he) f (zrikhá)
Hindi: सूर्योदय (hi) m (sūryoday)
Hungarian: napkelte (hu), napfelkelte (hu)
Icelandic: sólarupprás (is) f
Ido: sunolevo (io)
Indonesian: matahari terbit (id), mentari terbit, mentari hidup
Irish: éirí (na) gréine m
Italian: levar del sole m, levata del sole f, aurora (it) f, alba (it) f, primo sole m, sorgere del sole m
Japanese: 日の出 (ja) (ひので, hi no de), 日出 (ja) (にっしゅつ, nisshutsu)
Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯ (kn) (sūryōdaya)
Kazakh: күн шығуы (kün şyğuy)
Khiamniungan Naga: ōtsīpík
Khmer: ថ្ងៃរះ (thngay rĕəh), អរុណ (km) (ʼaʼrun)
Korean: 해돋이 (ko) (haedoji), 일출(日出) (ko) (ilchul)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rojhilatin (ku)
Kyrgyz: күн чыгышы (kün cıgışı)
Lao: ຕາເວັນຂຶ້ນ (tā wen khưn), ອະລຸນ (ʼa lun)
Latin: oriēns (la) m, aurōra (la) f, ortus m
Latvian: saullēkts (lv) m
Lithuanian: aušra (lt) f, saulėtekis m
Low German: Sünnopgang m
Lü: ᦎᦱᦞᧃᦀᦸᧅᧈ (ṫaavan˙ʼoak¹)
Luxembourgish: Sonnenopgang m
Macedonian: изгре́јсонце n (izgréjsonce), изгрев m (izgrev)
Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ
ᠮᡠᡴᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ (šun mukdembi)
Middle Persian: 𐭤𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭰𐭠𐭭𐭭 (xwarāsān), 𐭠𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭭𐭭 (ulāmadan)
Mizo: ni chhûak, ni chhuah
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нар мандах (nar mandax)
Navajo: haʼííʼą́ągo
Norman: l'vant du solé m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: soloppgang (no) m, solrenning m or f

Nynorsk: soloppgang m, solrenning f
Ohlone:
Southern Ohlone: pilpilte
Old English: sunnan upgang m
Old High German: sunnūn ūfgang m
Ottoman Turkish: طوغمه (doğma)
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} ko'êtî
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بَرْآمَدَن (fa) (bar'âmadan), طُلوع (fa) (tolu'), طُلوعِ آفْتاب (tolu'-e âftâb), طُلوعِ خورْشید (tolu'-e xuršid) (tolu'-e xoršid)
Plautdietsch: Sonnoppgank m
Polish: wschód słońca (pl) m
Portuguese: nascer do sol m, aurora (pt)
Romanian: răsărit de soare n
Romansch: levada dal sulegl f
Russian: восхо́д со́лнца m (vosxód sólnca), (у́тренняя) заря́ f ((útrennjaja) zarjá), рассве́т (ru) m (rassvét), восхо́д (ru) m (vosxód)
Scottish Gaelic: èirigh na grèine f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: излазак сунца m

Roman: izlazak sunca m
Slovak: východ slnka m
Slovene: sončni vzhod m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: schadźenje słónca n
Spanish: amanecer (es) m, salida del sol f, alba (es) f, orto (es) m, maitinada f (p. us.), amanecida (es) f, alborada (es) f, salida solar f
Swahili: macheo
Swedish: soluppgång (sv) c
Tajik: тулӯи офтоб (tulü-yi oftob)
Telugu: సూర్యోదయము (te) (sūryōdayamu)
Thai: ตะวันขึ้น, อรุณ (th) (à-run), ยามเช้า, เช้ามืด (th) (cháao-mʉ̂ʉt)
Tocharian B: kauṃ-parki
Tok Pisin: sankamap
Turkish: güneş doğması, güneş doğuşu
Ukrainian: схід со́нця m (sxid sóncja)
Urdu: طُلُوع m (tulū'), طُلوعِ آفْتاب m (tulo'-i āftāb)
Uzbek: quyosh chiqishi
Vietnamese: bình minh (vi)
Volapük: solasülöpikam (vo), sülöpikam sola
Welsh: codiad haul (cy)
West Frisian: sinne-opgong c
Yiddish: זונאויפֿגאַנג m (zunoyfgang)

sky changing color

Albanian: zbardhet (sq)
Belarusian: зара́ f (zará), зара́нак m (zarának), до́світак n (dósvitak), світа́нне n (svitánnje)
Bulgarian: зора́ (bg) f (zorá), и́згрев (bg) m (ízgrev)
Danish: solopgang (da) c
Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m
Estonian: päikesetõus, koit
Finnish: aamurusko (fi)
Galician: alborada (gl) f, abrente (gl) m, lubricán m
Georgian: გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži), განთიადი (ka) (gantiadi), მზის ამოსვლა (mzis amosvla), ცისკარი (cisḳari)
German: Sonnenaufgang (de) m
Hebrew: זריחה \ זְרִיחָה (he) f (zrikhá)
Hungarian: hajnalhasadás (hu)
Indonesian: fajar (id), fajar menyingsing (id)
Italian: aurora (it) f
Japanese: 朝焼け (ja) (あさやけ, asayake)
Korean: 아침놀 (achimnol)
Latin: aurōra (la) f
Macedonian: изгре́јсонце n (izgréjsonce)
Mizo: ni chhûak
Norwegian:
Bokmål: soloppgang (no) m

Nynorsk: soloppgang m
Old English: sunnan upgang m
Portuguese: aurora (pt) f
Romanian: crăparea zilei f
Russian: заря́ (ru) f (zarjá), рассве́т (ru) m (rassvét)
Scottish Gaelic: èirigh na grèine f
Serbo-Croatian: izlazak sunca
Spanish: albor (es) m, alboreo (es) m
Swedish: soluppgång (sv) c
Ukrainian: зоря́ (uk) f (zorjá), зірни́ця f (zirnýcja), світа́нок (uk) m (svitánok), світа́ння n (svitánnja)

figurative awakening

Albanian: rilindje (sq)
Arabic: شُرُوق (ar) m (šurūq), صَحْوَة f (ṣaḥwa)
Bulgarian: просвеще́ние (bg) n (prosvešténie)
Estonian: koit
Icelandic: dögun (is) f
Indonesian: kebangkitan
Italian: alba (it) f, aurora (it) f, risveglio (it) m
Kannada: ಉದಯ (kn) (udaya)
Romanian: realizare (ro) f, trezire (ro) f
Spanish: amanecer (es) m, despertar (es) m, despierto (es) m, surgimiento (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} lindja e diellit
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ochtendgloren (nl)
Isthmus Zapotec: ^{(please verify)} nacanda, ^{(please verify)} zeda irá gueelaʼ
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} žara f (2)
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} bukje-korreen-ngumi

Verb

sunrise (third-person singular simple present sunrises, present participle sunrising, simple past and past participle sunrised)

(business, uncommon, transitive) To phase in.
Antonym: sunset
- 2015, Matthias Gross, Linsey McGoey, editors, Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies‎^[3], Routledge, →ISBN:
  In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.

Anagrams

Sunseri, insures, nursies, ursines