dawn

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Etymology

Back-formation from dawning. (If the noun rather than the verb is primary, the noun could directly continue dawing.) Compare daw (“to dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɔːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɔn/

• Audio (General American):

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /dɑn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /doːn/
• Homophones: don, Don (cot–caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past and past participle dawned)

1. (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

   A new day dawns.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew xxviii:1:

     In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene […] to see the sepulchre.

2. (intransitive, figurative) To start to appear or be realized.

   Synonym: (archaic or poetic) glimpse

   I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

3. (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
   • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     in dawning youth

   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:

     when life awakes, and dawns at every line

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLII, page 65:

     And love will last as pure and whole / ⁠As when he loved me here in Time, / ⁠And at the spiritual prime / Rewaken with the dawning soul.

Derived terms

• dawn on

Translations

to begin to brighten with daylight

Aghwan: 𐕣𐔰𐔴𐕎 (kaen) Albanian: agimi (sq) Arabic: فَجْر m or f (fajr) Gulf Arabic: فَيِر (fəyir) Hijazi Arabic: فجر m (fajir, fajur) Armenian: առավոտադեմ (hy) (aṙavotadem) Assamese: কাহিলিপুৱা (kahilipua), দোকমোকালি (dükmükali), পুৱতি নিশা (puti nixa) Asturian: alboriar, alborecer Bulgarian: съмва се (sǎmva se), зазорява се (zazorjava se) Catalan: clarejar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 拂曉／拂晓 (zh) (fúxiǎo), 黎明 (zh) (límíng), 破曉／破晓 (zh) (pòxiǎo) Cornish: bora m Danish: daggry (da) Dutch: dagen (nl), rijzen (nl) Esperanto: tagiĝi Ewe: fɔŋli Finnish: sarastaa (fi), valjeta (fi) French: se lever (fr) Galician: amencer (gl), clarear (gl), alborexar (gl), alborecer (gl), lumbrigar (gl) Georgian: გათენება (gateneba), ნათება (nateba) German: dämmern (de) Greek: ξημερώνω (el) (ximeróno), χαράζω (el) (charázo) Hungarian: hajnalodik (hu), virrad (hu) Icelandic: daga, birta af degi Ido: jorneskar (io) Indonesian: subuh (id), fajar (id) Irish: camhaoir f, breacadh an lae m Italian: spuntare (it), albeggiare (it) Japanese: あかつき (ja) (akatsuki), 夜明け (ja) (yoake), 曙 (ja) (akebono) Korean: 밝다 (ko) (bakda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: شەبەقدان (şebeqdan) Latin: lucesco, dilucesco, luciscere Macedonian: се разденува (se razdenuva), зазорува (zazoruva) Malay: subuh (ms) Maltese: żerniq, tbexbix Manchu: ᡤᡝᡵᠰᡳ ᡶᡝᡵᠰᡳ (gersi fersi) Maori: ao (mi), pūao, tākiri, rikoriko, tākiri te ata, hāpara, ngahae Marathi: पहाट f (pahāṭ) Norwegian: Bokmål: gry (no), dages, renne (no) Nynorsk: gry, dagast, renna Old English: dagian Ossetian: ӕхси́д (æxsíd) Persian: سپیده‌دم (fa) (sepide-dam), پگاه (fa) (pegâh) Polish: świtać (pl) Portuguese: amanhecer (pt) Punjabi: ਤੜਕਾ (pa) (taṛkā) Quechua: achikyay (qu), paqariy, warayay Russian: наступа́ть (ru) (nastupátʹ), рассвета́ть (ru) (rassvetátʹ) Sassarese: billòcca, chintari Serbo-Croatian: svanuti (sh), rasvetliti (sh), nastupiti (sh) Slovene: (se) daniti Spanish: amanecer (es), alborear (es) Swedish: gry (sv), dagas (sv) Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠟꠣꠁꠘ꠆ꠎꠤ (xalainzi) Telugu: తెల్లారు (tellāru) Turkish: tan (tr) Udi: кай (kaj), каьй (käj) Welsh: gwawrio (cy) Yiddish: טאָגן (togn) Zazaki: sıpêde

to start to appear, to be realized

Bulgarian: изгрявам (bg) (izgrjavam), появявам се (pojavjavam se) Catalan: néixer (ca) Dutch: dagen (nl) Finnish: paljastua (fi), valjeta (fi) French: naître (fr) Galician: escrarexer, xurdir (gl), petar (gl), abarbar (gl), alumbregar German: dämmern (de) Hungarian: dereng (hu) Italian: spuntare (it) Korean: 밝혀지다 (ko) (balkyeojida) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دەرکەوتن (derkewtin) Latin: lucesco, dilucesco, luciscere Macedonian: се разјаснува (se razjasnuva) Portuguese: aparecer (pt), nascer (pt) Russian: озаря́ть (ru) (ozarjátʹ), осеня́ть (ru) (osenjátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: sinuti (sh), sinuće, osanjiti Slovene: se razkriti Spanish: caer en cuenta de (Latin America), caer en la cuenta de, encenderse el bombillo (Caribbean), prenderse la bombilla (Puerto Rico) Swedish: gå upp för, randas (sv) Welsh: sylweddoli (cy) Zazaki: tiji akewten

Noun

dawn (countable and uncountable, plural dawns)

1. (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
2. (countable) The rising of the sun.

   Synonyms: break of dawn, break of day, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise

3. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.

   Synonyms: break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise, sunup

   She rose before dawn to meet the train.

4. (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.

   Synonyms: beginning, onset, start

   the dawn of civilization

   • 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).

Antonyms

• dusk

Hypernyms

• twilight

Hyponyms

• astronomical dawn
• civil dawn
• nautical dawn

Derived terms

• crack of dawn
• dawn ape
• dawn choir, dawn chorus
• dawn horse (Eohippus spp.)
• dawnless
• dawnlight
• dawnlike
• dawn man (Eoanthropus spp. et al.)
• dawn of a new day
• dawn of time
• dawn patrol
• dawn poppy (Eomecon chionantha)
• dawn prayer
• dawn raid
• dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
• dawn stone
• dawn tetria (Aphyocharax paraguayensis)
• dawntime
• dawn to dusk
• dawn upon
• dawny
• false dawn
• foredawn
• from dawn to dusk
• from dusk to dawn
• handbags at dawn
• it is always darkest before the dawn
• it is always darkest just before the dawn
• it is darkest before the dawn
• it is darkest just before the dawn
• new dawn
• northern dawn
• pistols at dawn
• predawn
• sundawn
• the darkest hour is always just before the dawn
• the darkest hour is just before the dawn
• yesterdawn

 

Related terms

• dawning

Translations

morning twilight period

Arabic: فَجْر m (fajr) Egyptian Arabic: فجر m (fagr) Armenian: արշալույս (aršaluys) Aromanian: hãryii f, cripatã f, apiritã f, ndzari, adoarã Azerbaijani: dan (az) Bashkir: таң (tañ) Basque: egunsenti Belarusian: зара́ f (zará), світа́нне n (svitánnje) Bengali: ভোর (bn) (bhōr), ঊষা (bn) (uśa), প্রভাত (bn) (probhat), ফজর (bn) (phojor) Bikol Central: daliwawa Bulgarian: зора (bg) f (zora), разсъмване n (razsǎmvane) Burmese: အရုဏ်တက် (a.runtak), အရုဏ် (my) (a.run) Catalan: aurora (ca) f, alba (ca) Cebuano: kaadlawon Cherokee: ᎤᎩᏥᏕᏱ (ugitsideyi) Chinese: Mandarin: 黎明 (zh) (límíng), 拂曉／拂晓 (zh) (fúxiǎo), 破曉／破晓 (zh) (pòxiǎo), 旦 (zh) (dàn) Chuvash: шурампуҫ (šuramp̬uś) Danish: daggry (da) n Dutch: morgenschemering (nl) f, dageraad (nl) m, zonsopgang (nl) m Egyptian: (ꜥnḏw) Esperanto: aŭroro, matenruĝo (eo), matenkrepusko Even: гяван (gẹwan) Finnish: aamunkoitto (fi), sarastus (fi), aamuhämärä (fi), koi (fi) French: aube (fr) f Friulian: albe f Galician: albor, alborada (gl) f, abrente (gl) m, alba (gl) f, amencida f Gallurese: albore Georgian: გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži), რიჟრაჟი (rižraži) German: Morgendämmerung (de) f, Dämmerung (de) f, Morgengrauen (de) n Gothic: 𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 f (uhtwō) Greek: αυγή (el) f (avgí) Ancient: ὄρθρος f (órthros), ἠώς f (ēṓs) Guaraní: ko'ẽ Hausa: alfijir Hebrew: שחר (he) m (shakhar) Hindi: उषा (hi) f (uṣā), ऊषा (hi) f (ūṣā), प्रभात (hi) m (prabhāt), तड़का (hi) m (taṛkā), सवेरा (hi) m (saverā), सुबह (hi) f (subah), सहर (hi) m (sahar), भोर (hi) m (bhor), फजर (hi) m (phajar) Hungarian: hajnal (hu) Icelandic: dögun (is) f, dagrenning (is) f, morgunsár (is) n, afturelding (is) f Ido: jornesko (io) Ilocano: bannawag Irish: camhaoir f Istriot: alba f Italian: alba (it) f Japanese: 夜明け (ja) (よあけ, yoake), 暁 (ja) (あかつき) Kabuverdianu: madrugada Kazakh: арай (arai) Khmer: ព្រលឹម (km) (prɔlɨm) Korean: 새벽 (ko) (saebyeok) Kyrgyz: таң (ky) (taŋ) Latin: aurōra (la) f, mātūtīnum n Lithuanian: aušra (lt) f, žara f Macedonian: мугра f (mugra), зора f (zora) Maltese: sebħ m, żerniq m Malvi: पो (po) Manchu: ᡤᡝᡵᠰᡳ ᡶᡝᡵᠰᡳ (gersi fersi) Maori: pūaotanga, hāpara, ata hāpara, haeata Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭱 (ʾʿš /⁠ōš⁠/) Nanai: гиван (giwan) Navajo: hayííłką́, hayoołkááł Neapolitan: arba f Norwegian: Bokmål: grålysning m or f, morgengry n, otte (no) m or f, daggry n, demring m or f, dagning (no) m or f Nynorsk: grålysning f, morgongry n, otte f, daggry n, dagning f Old English: dægrēd Oromo: obboroo, abboroo Ossetian: ӕхсид (æxsid) Ottoman Turkish: طاك (tañ) Persian: سپیده (fa) (sepide) Polish: świt (pl) m, brzask (pl) m Portuguese: alvorecer (pt), alvorada (pt), amanhecer (pt), aurora (pt), alva (pt) Punjabi: ਝਲਾਂਗ m (jhalāṅg), ਤੜਕਾ (pa) (taṛkā), ਫ਼ਜਰ m (fajar), ਲੋ m (lo), ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤ (prbhāt) Romanian: zori (ro) m pl or f pl, auroră (ro) f, alba f Romansch: alva f Russian: заря́ (ru) f (zarjá), рассве́т (ru) m (rassvét) Samoan: pogipogi Sanskrit: उषस् (sa) f (uṣas), उषा (sa) f (uṣā), ऊषा (sa) f (ūṣā), प्रभात (sa) n (prabhāta) Sardinian: Campidanese: nèa Logudorese: arbéschida, arbòre Sassarese: billòcca, chintari Scottish Gaelic: beul an latha m, briseadh-latha m, mochthrath f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: праскозорје n, зора f Roman: prȁskozōrje (sh) n, zòra (sh) f Sicilian: alba (scn) f, arba (scn) f, abba (scn) f Somali: waabari Spanish: alba (es) f, amanecer (es) m, aurora (es) f, madrugada (es) f, crepúsculo matutino m, dilúculo (es) m, lubricán matutinal m Swahili: alfajiri (sw) Swedish: gryning (sv), morgonrodnad (sv) c Tagalog: bukang-liwayway (tl) Telugu: ప్రభాతము (te) (prabhātamu), ప్రొద్దు (te) (proddu) Thai: ย่ำรุ่ง (th) (yâm-rûng), เช้ามืด (th) (cháao-mʉ̂ʉt) Turkish: seher (tr), şafak (tr), tan (tr) Ukrainian: зоря́ (uk) f (zorjá), світа́нок (uk) m (svitánok) Urdu: سحر m (sahr), سویرا m (saverā), تڑکا m (taṛkā), صبح f (subah), اشا f (uṣā), اشراق m (išrāq), پربهات m (prabhāt) Vaghri: ઊજારો (ūjāro) Vietnamese: bình minh (vi), rạng đông (vi) Volapük: gödalulit Welsh: gwawr (cy) f Yakut: тыҥ (tıñ) Yiddish: פֿאַרטאָג (yi) m (fartog), באַגינען m (baginen), פֿרימאָרגן (yi) m (frimorgn), קאַיאָר m (kayor)

rising of the sun

Afrikaans: sonop Armenian: լուսաբաց (hy) (lusabacʻ), այգաբաց (hy) (aygabacʻ), այգ (hy) (ayg) Aromanian: apiritã f, cripatã f Asturian: alba, alborecida, alborecer Belarusian: усхо́д (be) m (usxód) Bengali: ভোর (bn) (bhōr), প্রভাত (bn) (probhat) Bikol Central: pagsirang, pagsubang Bulgarian: зора (bg) f (zora), разсъмване n (razsǎmvane) Catalan: alba (ca) m Chamicuro: ijs̈hwaketasi Chinese: Mandarin: 天亮 (zh) (tiānliàng) Czech: východ (cs) m Danish: solopgang (da) c Dutch: zonsopgang (nl) m Egyptian: (ꜥnḏw) Esperanto: tagiĝo (eo) Ewe: fɔŋli Finnish: auringonnousu (fi), aamunkoitto (fi), koitto (fi), koite (fi) French: lever du soleil (fr) m, aube (fr) f Gallurese: alba Georgian: განთიადი (ka) (gantiadi), აისი (aisi), ცისკარი (cisḳari), ალიონი (alioni), გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži), რიჟრაჟი (rižraži) German: Dämmerung (de) f, Morgendämmerung (de) f, Morgengrauen (de) n, Tagesanbruch (de) m Greek: ανατολή (el) f (anatolí) Ancient: αὐγή f (augḗ), ἠώς f (ēṓs) Hindi: प्रभात (hi) (prabhāt), भोर (hi) (bhor) 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) Khmer: ព្រលឹម (km) (prɔlɨm) Korean: 해돋이 (ko) (haedoji) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەرەبەیان (berebeyan) Latin: aurora (la) Lithuanian: aušra (lt) f Macedonian: изгрејсонце n (izgrejsonce), изгрев m (izgrev) Manchu: ᡤᡝᡵᡝᡴᡝ (gereke) Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭱𐭡𐭠𐭬 (ʾʿšbʾm /⁠ōšebām⁠/) Norwegian: soloppgang (no), solrenning Old English: dagung f Ottoman Turkish: طاك (tañ) Persian: پرگاس (pargâs) Portuguese: amanhecer (pt), alva (pt), alvorada (pt) Quechua: paqar Romanian: răsărit (ro) n, alba f, auroră (ro) f Russian: восхо́д (ru) m (vosxód), восхо́д со́лнца m (vosxód sólnca), рассве́т (ru) m (rassvét), (утренняя) заря ((útrennjaja) zarjá) f Sanskrit: उषस् (sa) f (uṣas), उषा (sa) f (uṣā), ऊषा (sa) f (ūṣā), प्रभात (sa) n (prabhāta) Sardinian: Campidanese: alba, obrescidòrgiu Logudorese: alba, impoddile Sassarese: pisata di soli Scottish Gaelic: èirigh na grèine f Serbo-Croatian: zòra (sh) f, svȉtānje (sh) n, òsvit (sh) m, svanúće n, svitak (sh) Slovene: zora (sl) f Spanish: amanecer (es), alba (es) Swedish: soluppgång (sv) Turkish: şafak (tr) Ukrainian: схід (uk) m (sxid)

time

Armenian: լուսաբաց (hy) (lusabacʻ), այգաբաց (hy) (aygabacʻ), այգ (hy) (ayg) Bulgarian: зори (bg) pl (zori) Catalan: albada (ca) f Czech: úsvit (cs) m, svítání (cs) n, zora (cs) f Danish: daggry (da) n Dutch: dageraad (nl) m, zonsopgang (nl) m, ochtendschemering (nl) f Ewe: fɔŋli Finnish: aamunkoitto (fi) French: aube (fr) f, aurore (fr) f Georgian: განთიადი (ka) (gantiadi), აისი (aisi) German: Dämmerung (de) f, Morgendämmerung (de) f, Morgengrauen (de) n, Tagesanbruch (de) m Greek: αυγή (el) f (avgí) Ancient: ἠώς f (ēṓs) Hebrew: שחר (he) m (shakhar) Hungarian: virradat (hu), hajnal (hu) Icelandic: dögun (is) f Italian: alba (it) f, albori (it) m pl Japanese: 明け方 (ja) (akegata) Korean: 새벽 (ko) (saebyeok) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەرەبەیان (berebeyan), شەبەق (şebeq) Latin: aurora (la) f Macedonian: зора f (zora), мугра f (mugra) Navajo: yikáííhdą́ą́ʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: morgengry n, morgonstund m or f Nynorsk: morgongry n, morgonstund f Old English: dagung f Portuguese: aurora (pt), alvorada (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: восхо́д со́лнца m (vosxód sólnca), рассве́т (ru) m (rassvét), (утренняя) заря ((útrennjaja) zarjá) f Scottish Gaelic: beul an latha m, briseadh-latha m, mochthrath f Serbo-Croatian: svanuti (sh), zora (sh), razdan (sh), rasvet, rasvetliti (sh), svanuti (sh), usvanuti, zasvanuti, svitanje (sh), òsvit (sh) m Swedish: gryning (sv) c Yiddish: פֿאַרטאָג (yi) m (fartog)

beginning

Arabic: الفجر Armenian: այգ (hy) (ayg) Bengali: প্রভাত (bn) (probhat), ফজর (bn) (phojor) Catalan: albors (ca) f pl Chinese: Mandarin: 拂晓 (zh) (fúxiǎo) Dutch: dageraad (nl) m, opgang (nl) m Esperanto: aŭroro, komenco (eo) Finnish: aamunkoitto (fi), koitto (fi), koite (fi) French: aube (fr) f, aurore (fr) f German: Dämmerung (de) f Greek: αυγή (el) f (avgí) Hebrew: שחר (he) m (shakhar) Hungarian: hajnal (hu) Icelandic: dögun (is) f Italian: albori (it) m pl, schiudersi m, vagito (it) m, inizio (it) m, alba (it) f, primordio (it) m, nascita (it) f Korean: 새벽 (ko) (saebyeok) Latin: aurora (la) f, initium (la) n Macedonian: зора f (zora) Polish: świt (pl) m, zaranie (pl) n Portuguese: começo (pt), alvorada (pt) f, aurora (pt) Russian: заря́ (ru) f (zarjá) Serbo-Croatian: svanuće, zòra (sh) f, svȉtānje (sh) n, òsvit (sh) m Swedish: gryning (sv) c

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Telugu: (please verify) తొలి పొద్దు (toli poddu), (please verify) ఉదయ సంధ్య (udaya sandhya)

See also

• crepuscular

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

References

• “dawn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “dawn”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Dwan, Wand, wand

Maltese

Alternative forms

• dawna, daw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dawn/

Determiner

dawn

1. plural of dan

   Coordinate term: hedawn (hedawna)

Middle English

Noun

dawn

1. Alternative form of dan

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dau̯n/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -au̯n

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *don, from Proto-Celtic *dānus (whence also Irish dán), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom (“gift”). Compare Latin dōnum.

Noun

dawn f (plural doniau)

1. talent, natural gift, ability

Derived terms

• donio (“to gift, to endow”)
• doniog (“gifted, talented”)
• doniol (“funny”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dawn

1. first-person plural future colloquial of dod

Alternative forms

• down (colloquial)
• deuwn (literary)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dawn	ddawn	nawn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.