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dawn

name · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɔːn/
  • Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /doːn/
  • /dɔn/ without the cot–caught merger
  • cot-caught-merger: /dɑn/
  • US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /dɔn/
  • homophone: don
  • homophone: Don (cot–caught merger)
  • rhymes with -ɔːn
  • CMU ARPABET: D AO1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The rising of the sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The time when the sun rises.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • She rose before dawn to meet the train.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The earliest phase of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beginning, onset, start

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To begin to brighten with daylight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • A new day dawns.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To start to appear or become obvious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

Examples

  • I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.
  • The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glimpse

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the earliest period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dawn of civilization
  • the morning of the world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: start

10

noun

Meaning 10

the first light of day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we got up before dawn
  • they talked until morning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hour, time of day

11

noun

Meaning 11

an opening time period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was the dawn of the Roman Empire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

12

verb

Meaning 12

become light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It started to dawn, and we had to get up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

13

verb

Meaning 13

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
  • she was penetrated with sorrow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

appear or develop

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The age of computers had dawned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: begin, start

History

Etymology

From dawn.

From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.

Across languages

Translations

618 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ag — morning twilight period
  • Southern Altai: таҥ (taŋ) — morning twilight period
  • Arabic: فَجْر (fajr) — morning twilight period
  • Arabic: فَلَق (falaq) — morning twilight period
  • Arabic: فجر (fagr) — morning twilight period
  • Armenian: արշալույս (aršaluys) — morning twilight period
  • Aromanian: hãryii — morning twilight period
  • Aromanian: cripatã — morning twilight period
  • Aromanian: apiritã — morning twilight period
  • Aromanian: ndzari — morning twilight period
  • Aromanian: adoarã — morning twilight period
  • Azerbaijani: dan — morning twilight period
  • Bashkir: таң (tañ) — morning twilight period
  • Basque: egunsenti — morning twilight period
  • Belarusian: зара́ (zará) — morning twilight period
  • Belarusian: світа́нне (svitánnje) — morning twilight period
  • Bengali: ভোর (bhōr) — morning twilight period
  • Bengali: প্রভাত (probhat) — morning twilight period
  • Bengali: ফজর (phojor) — morning twilight period
  • Bengali: প্রাতঃকাল (pratoḥkal) — morning twilight period
  • Bengali: প্রত্যুষ (prottuś) — morning twilight period
  • Central Bikol: daliwawa — morning twilight period
  • Bulgarian: зора (zora) — morning twilight period
  • Bulgarian: разсъмване (razsǎmvane) — morning twilight period
  • Burmese: အရုဏ်တက် (a.runtak) — morning twilight period
  • Burmese: အရုဏ် (a.run) — morning twilight period
  • Catalan: aurora — morning twilight period
  • Catalan: alba — morning twilight period
  • Cebuano: kaadlawon — morning twilight period
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎩᏥᏕᏱ (ugitsideyi) — morning twilight period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黎明 (límíng) — morning twilight period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拂曉 /拂晓 (fúxiǎo) — morning twilight period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破曉 /破晓 (pòxiǎo) — morning twilight period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旦 (dàn) — morning twilight period
  • Chuvash: шурампуҫ (šuramp̬uś) — morning twilight period
  • Coptic: ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ (htooue) — morning twilight period
  • Danish: daggry — morning twilight period
  • Dutch: morgenschemering — morning twilight period
  • Dutch: dageraad — morning twilight period
  • Dutch: zonsopgang — morning twilight period
  • Egyptian: a:n:Dw-w-hrw (ꜥnḏw) — morning twilight period
  • Esperanto: aŭroro — morning twilight period
  • Esperanto: matenruĝo — morning twilight period
  • Esperanto: matenkrepusko — morning twilight period
  • Even: гяван (gẹwan) — morning twilight period
  • Finnish: aamunkoitto — morning twilight period
  • Finnish: sarastus — morning twilight period
  • Finnish: aamuhämärä — morning twilight period
  • Finnish: koi — morning twilight period
  • French: aube — morning twilight period
  • Friulian: albe — morning twilight period
  • Galician: albor — morning twilight period
  • Galician: alborada — morning twilight period
  • Galician: abrente — morning twilight period
  • Galician: alba — morning twilight period
  • Galician: amencida — morning twilight period
  • Gallurese: albore — morning twilight period
  • Georgian: გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži) — morning twilight period
  • Georgian: რიჟრაჟი (rižraži) — morning twilight period
  • German: Morgendämmerung — morning twilight period
  • German: Dämmerung — morning twilight period
  • German: Morgengrauen — morning twilight period
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (uhtwō) — morning twilight period
  • Greek: αυγή (avgí) — morning twilight period
  • Ancient Greek: ὄρθρος (órthros) — morning twilight period
  • Ancient Greek: ἠώς (ēṓs) — morning twilight period
  • Hausa: alfijir — morning twilight period
  • Hebrew: שחר (shakhar) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: उषा (uṣā) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: ऊषा (ūṣā) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: प्रभात (prabhāt) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: तड़का (taṛkā) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: सवेरा (saverā) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: सुबह (subah) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: सहर (sahar) — morning twilight period
  • Hindi: भोर (bhor) — morning twilight period
  • Hungarian: hajnal — morning twilight period
  • Icelandic: dögun — morning twilight period
  • Icelandic: dagrenning — morning twilight period
  • Icelandic: morgunsár — morning twilight period
  • Icelandic: afturelding — morning twilight period
  • Ido: jornesko — morning twilight period
  • Ilocano: bannawag — morning twilight period
  • Irish: camhaoir — morning twilight period
  • Istriot: alba — morning twilight period
  • Italian: alba — morning twilight period
  • Japanese: 夜明け (yoake) — morning twilight period
  • Japanese: 暁 (akatsuki) — morning twilight period
  • Kabuverdianu: madrugada — morning twilight period
  • Karelian: kajoš — morning twilight period
  • Kazakh: арай (arai) — morning twilight period
  • Khmer: ព្រលឹម (prɔlɨm) — morning twilight period
  • Korean: 새벽 (saebyeok) — morning twilight period
  • Kyrgyz: таң (taŋ) — morning twilight period
  • Latin: aurōra — morning twilight period
  • Latin: mātūtīnum — morning twilight period
  • Lithuanian: aušra — morning twilight period
  • Lithuanian: žara — morning twilight period
  • Macedonian: мугра (mugra) — morning twilight period
  • Macedonian: зора (zora) — morning twilight period
  • Maltese: sebħ — morning twilight period
  • Maltese: żerniq — morning twilight period
  • Malvi: पो (po) — morning twilight period
  • Manchu: ᡤᡝᡵᠰᡳ ᡶᡝᡵᠰᡳ (gersi fersi) — morning twilight period
  • Māori: pūaotanga — morning twilight period
  • Māori: hāpara — morning twilight period
  • Māori: ata hāpara — morning twilight period
  • Māori: haeata — morning twilight period
  • Nanai: гиван (giwan) — morning twilight period
  • Navajo: hayííłką́ — morning twilight period
  • Navajo: hayoołkááł — morning twilight period
  • Neapolitan: arba — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grålysning — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morgengry — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: otte — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: daggry — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: demring — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dagning — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grålysning — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morgongry — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: otte — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: daggry — morning twilight period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dagning — morning twilight period
  • Old English: dægrēd — morning twilight period
  • Oromo: obboroo — morning twilight period
  • Oromo: abboroo — morning twilight period
  • Ossetian: ӕхсид (æxsid) — morning twilight period
  • Persian: سپیده (sepide) — morning twilight period
  • Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭱 — morning twilight period
  • Polish: świt — morning twilight period
  • Polish: brzask — morning twilight period
  • Polish: poranna zorza — morning twilight period
  • Portuguese: alvorecer — morning twilight period
  • Portuguese: alvorada — morning twilight period
  • Portuguese: amanhecer — morning twilight period
  • Portuguese: aurora — morning twilight period
  • Portuguese: alva — morning twilight period
  • Punjabi: ਝਲਾਂਗ (jhalāṅg) — morning twilight period
  • Punjabi: ਤੜਕਾ (taṛkā) — morning twilight period
  • Punjabi: ਫ਼ਜਰ (fajar) — morning twilight period
  • Punjabi: ਲੋ (lo) — morning twilight period
  • Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤ (prbhāt) — morning twilight period
  • Romanian: zori — morning twilight period
  • Romanian: auroră — morning twilight period
  • Romanian: alba — morning twilight period
  • Romansh: alva — morning twilight period
  • Russian: заря́ (zarjá) — morning twilight period
  • Russian: рассве́т (rassvét) — morning twilight period
  • Samoan: pogipogi — morning twilight period
  • Sanskrit: उषस् (uṣas) — morning twilight period
  • Sanskrit: उषा (uṣā) — morning twilight period
  • Sanskrit: ऊषा (ūṣā) — morning twilight period
  • Sanskrit: प्रभात (prabhāta) — morning twilight period
  • Campidanese Sardinian: nèa — morning twilight period
  • Sardinian: arbéschida — morning twilight period
  • Sardinian: arbòre — morning twilight period
  • Sassarese: billòcca — morning twilight period
  • Sassarese: chintari — morning twilight period
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàir — morning twilight period
  • Scottish Gaelic: beul an latha — morning twilight period
  • Scottish Gaelic: briseadh-latha — morning twilight period
  • Scottish Gaelic: mochthrath — morning twilight period
  • Serbo-Croatian: праскозорје — morning twilight period
  • Serbo-Croatian: зора — morning twilight period
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁskozōrje — morning twilight period
  • Serbo-Croatian: zòra — morning twilight period
  • Sicilian: alba — morning twilight period
  • Sicilian: arba — morning twilight period
  • Sicilian: abba — morning twilight period
  • Somali: waabari — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: alba — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: amanecer — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: madrugada — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: dilúculo — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: maitinada — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: amanecida — morning twilight period
  • Spanish: alborada — morning twilight period
  • Swahili: alfajiri — morning twilight period
  • Swedish: gryning — morning twilight period
  • Swedish: morgonrodnad — morning twilight period
  • Swedish: dagning — morning twilight period
  • Swedish: dagbräckning — morning twilight period
  • Tagalog: bukang-liwayway — morning twilight period
  • Tamil: வைகறை (vaikaṟai) — morning twilight period
  • Tamil: எழுபோது (eḻupōtu) — morning twilight period
  • Telugu: ప్రభాతము (prabhātamu) — morning twilight period
  • Telugu: ప్రొద్దు (proddu) — morning twilight period
  • Thai: ย่ํารุ่ง (yâm-rûng) — morning twilight period
  • Thai: เช้ามืด (cháao-mʉ̂ʉt) — morning twilight period
  • Turkish: seher — morning twilight period
  • Turkish: şafak — morning twilight period
  • Turkish: tan — morning twilight period
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاك (tañ) — morning twilight period
  • Ottoman Turkish: چاك (çâk) — morning twilight period
  • Ukrainian: зоря́ (zorjá) — morning twilight period
  • Ukrainian: світа́нок (svitánok) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: سحر (sahr) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: سویرا (saverā) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: تڑکا (taṛkā) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: صبح (subah) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: اشا (uṣā) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: اشراق (išrāq) — morning twilight period
  • Urdu: پربهات (prabhāt) — morning twilight period
  • Vaghri: ઊજારો (ūjāro) — morning twilight period
  • Vietnamese: bình minh — morning twilight period
  • Vietnamese: rạng đông — morning twilight period
  • Volapük: gödalulit — morning twilight period
  • Welsh: gwawr — morning twilight period
  • Yakut: тыҥ (tïŋ) — morning twilight period
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרטאָג (fartog) — morning twilight period
  • Yiddish: באַגינען (baginen) — morning twilight period
  • Yiddish: פֿרימאָרגן (frimorgn) — morning twilight period
  • Yiddish: קאַיאָר (kayor) — morning twilight period
  • Afrikaans: sonop — rising of the sun
  • Arabic: شُرُوق (šurūq) — rising of the sun
  • Armenian: լուսաբաց (lusabacʻ) — rising of the sun
  • Armenian: այգաբաց (aygabacʻ) — rising of the sun
  • Armenian: այգ (ayg) — rising of the sun
  • Aromanian: apiritã — rising of the sun
  • Aromanian: cripatã — rising of the sun
  • Asturian: alba — rising of the sun
  • Asturian: alborecida — rising of the sun
  • Asturian: alborecer — rising of the sun
  • Belarusian: усхо́д (usxód) — rising of the sun
  • Bengali: ঊষা (uśa) — rising of the sun
  • Central Bikol: pagsirang — rising of the sun
  • Central Bikol: pagsubang — rising of the sun
  • Bulgarian: зора (zora) — rising of the sun
  • Bulgarian: разсъмване (razsǎmvane) — rising of the sun
  • Catalan: alba — rising of the sun
  • Chamicuro: ijs̈hwaketasi — rising of the sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天亮 (tiānliàng) — rising of the sun
  • Czech: východ — rising of the sun
  • Danish: solopgang — rising of the sun
  • Dutch: zonsopgang — rising of the sun
  • Egyptian: a:n:Dw-w-hrw (ꜥnḏw) — rising of the sun
  • Esperanto: tagiĝo — rising of the sun
  • Ewe: fɔŋli — rising of the sun
  • Finnish: auringonnousu — rising of the sun
  • Finnish: aamunkoitto — rising of the sun
  • Finnish: koitto — rising of the sun
  • Finnish: koite — rising of the sun
  • French: lever du soleil — rising of the sun
  • French: aube — rising of the sun
  • Gallurese: alba — rising of the sun
  • Georgian: განთიადი (gantiadi) — rising of the sun
  • Georgian: აისი (aisi) — rising of the sun
  • Georgian: ცისკარი (cisḳari) — rising of the sun
  • Georgian: ალიონი (alioni) — rising of the sun
  • Georgian: გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži) — rising of the sun
  • Georgian: რიჟრაჟი (rižraži) — rising of the sun
  • German: Dämmerung — rising of the sun
  • German: Morgendämmerung — rising of the sun
  • German: Morgengrauen — rising of the sun
  • German: Tagesanbruch — rising of the sun
  • Greek: ανατολή (anatolí) — rising of the sun
  • Ancient Greek: αὐγή (augḗ) — rising of the sun
  • Ancient Greek: ἠώς (ēṓs) — rising of the sun
  • Hindi: प्रभात (prabhāt) — rising of the sun
  • Hindi: भोर (bhor) — rising of the sun
  • Hindi: सूर्योदय (sūryoday) — rising of the sun
  • Hungarian: pirkadat — rising of the sun
  • Hungarian: virradat — rising of the sun
  • Icelandic: sólarupprás — rising of the sun
  • Icelandic: sólris — rising of the sun
  • Icelandic: sólaruppkoma — rising of the sun
  • Italian: alba — rising of the sun
  • Italian: aurora — rising of the sun
  • Japanese: 夜明け (yoake) — rising of the sun
  • Khmer: ព្រលឹម (prɔlɨm) — rising of the sun
  • Korean: 해돋이 (haedoji) — rising of the sun
  • Central Kurdish: بەرەبەیان (berebeyan) — rising of the sun
  • Latin: aurora — rising of the sun
  • Lithuanian: aušra — rising of the sun
  • Macedonian: изгрејсонце (izgrejsonce) — rising of the sun
  • Macedonian: изгрев (izgrev) — rising of the sun
  • Manchu: ᡤᡝᡵᡝᡴᡝ (gereke) — rising of the sun
  • Norwegian: soloppgang — rising of the sun
  • Norwegian: solrenning — rising of the sun
  • Old English: dagung — rising of the sun
  • Persian: پرگاس (pargâs) — rising of the sun
  • Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭱𐭡𐭠𐭬 — rising of the sun
  • Portuguese: amanhecer — rising of the sun
  • Portuguese: alva — rising of the sun
  • Portuguese: alvorada — rising of the sun
  • Quechua: paqar — rising of the sun
  • Romanian: răsărit — rising of the sun
  • Romanian: alba — rising of the sun
  • Romanian: auroră — rising of the sun
  • Russian: восхо́д (vosxód) — rising of the sun
  • Russian: восхо́д со́лнца (vosxód sólnca) — rising of the sun
  • Russian: рассве́т (rassvét) — rising of the sun
  • Russian: заря — rising of the sun
  • Sanskrit: उषस् (uṣas) — rising of the sun
  • Sanskrit: उषा (uṣā) — rising of the sun
  • Sanskrit: ऊषा (ūṣā) — rising of the sun
  • Sanskrit: प्रभात (prabhāta) — rising of the sun
  • Campidanese Sardinian: alba — rising of the sun
  • Campidanese Sardinian: obrescidòrgiu — rising of the sun
  • Sardinian: alba — rising of the sun
  • Sardinian: impoddile — rising of the sun
  • Sassarese: pisata di soli — rising of the sun
  • Scottish Gaelic: èirigh na grèine — rising of the sun
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàir — rising of the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: zòra — rising of the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȉtānje — rising of the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: òsvit — rising of the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: svanúće — rising of the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: svitak — rising of the sun
  • Slovene: zora — rising of the sun
  • Spanish: amanecer — rising of the sun
  • Spanish: alba — rising of the sun
  • Spanish: albor — rising of the sun
  • Spanish: alboreo — rising of the sun
  • Spanish: amanecida — rising of the sun
  • Swedish: soluppgång — rising of the sun
  • Tamil: உதிப்பு (utippu) — rising of the sun
  • Tamil: விடியல் (viṭiyal) — rising of the sun
  • Turkish: şafak — rising of the sun
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاك (tañ) — rising of the sun
  • Ottoman Turkish: چاك (çâk) — rising of the sun
  • Ukrainian: схід (sxid) — rising of the sun
  • Arabic: شُرُوق (šurūq) — time of sunrise
  • Arabic: مَشْرِق (mašriq) — time of sunrise
  • Arabic: إِشْرَاق (ʔišrāq) — time of sunrise
  • Armenian: լուսաբաց (lusabacʻ) — time of sunrise
  • Armenian: այգաբաց (aygabacʻ) — time of sunrise
  • Armenian: այգ (ayg) — time of sunrise
  • Bengali: প্রত্যুষ (prottuś) — time of sunrise
  • Bengali: ঊষাকাল (uśakal) — time of sunrise
  • Bulgarian: зори (zori) — time of sunrise
  • Catalan: albada — time of sunrise
  • Czech: úsvit — time of sunrise
  • Czech: svítání — time of sunrise
  • Czech: zora — time of sunrise
  • Danish: daggry — time of sunrise
  • Dutch: dageraad — time of sunrise
  • Dutch: zonsopgang — time of sunrise
  • Dutch: ochtendschemering — time of sunrise
  • Ewe: fɔŋli — time of sunrise
  • Finnish: aamunkoitto — time of sunrise
  • French: aube — time of sunrise
  • French: aurore — time of sunrise
  • Georgian: განთიადი (gantiadi) — time of sunrise
  • Georgian: აისი (aisi) — time of sunrise
  • German: Dämmerung — time of sunrise
  • German: Morgendämmerung — time of sunrise
  • German: Morgengrauen — time of sunrise
  • German: Tagesanbruch — time of sunrise
  • Greek: αυγή (avgí) — time of sunrise
  • Ancient Greek: ἠώς (ēṓs) — time of sunrise
  • Hebrew: שחר (shakhar) — time of sunrise
  • Hindi: भोर (bhor) — time of sunrise
  • Hindi: प्रत्युष (pratyuṣ) — time of sunrise
  • Hungarian: virradat — time of sunrise
  • Hungarian: hajnal — time of sunrise
  • Icelandic: dögun — time of sunrise
  • Italian: alba — time of sunrise
  • Italian: albori — time of sunrise
  • Japanese: 明け方 (akegata) — time of sunrise
  • Korean: 새벽 (saebyeok) — time of sunrise
  • Central Kurdish: بەرەبەیان (berebeyan) — time of sunrise
  • Central Kurdish: شەبەق (şebeq) — time of sunrise
  • Latin: aurora — time of sunrise
  • Macedonian: зора (zora) — time of sunrise
  • Macedonian: мугра (mugra) — time of sunrise
  • Navajo: yikáííhdą́ą́ʼ — time of sunrise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morgengry — time of sunrise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morgonstund — time of sunrise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morgongry — time of sunrise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morgonstund — time of sunrise
  • Old English: dagung — time of sunrise
  • Portuguese: aurora — time of sunrise
  • Portuguese: alvorada — time of sunrise
  • Russian: восхо́д со́лнца (vosxód sólnca) — time of sunrise
  • Russian: рассве́т (rassvét) — time of sunrise
  • Russian: заря — time of sunrise
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàir — time of sunrise
  • Scottish Gaelic: beul an latha — time of sunrise
  • Scottish Gaelic: briseadh-latha — time of sunrise
  • Scottish Gaelic: mochthrath — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: svanuti — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: zora — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: razdan — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: rasvet — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: rasvetliti — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: usvanuti — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: zasvanuti — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: svitanje — time of sunrise
  • Serbo-Croatian: òsvit — time of sunrise
  • Swedish: gryning — time of sunrise
  • Tamil: வைகறை (vaikaṟai) — time of sunrise
  • Tamil: எழுபோது (eḻupōtu) — time of sunrise
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاك (tañ) — time of sunrise
  • Ottoman Turkish: چاك (çâk) — time of sunrise
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרטאָג (fartog) — time of sunrise
  • Arabic: فَجْر (fajr) — beginning
  • Armenian: այգ (ayg) — beginning
  • Bengali: প্রাতঃকাল (pratoḥkal) — beginning
  • Bengali: প্রভাত (probhat) — beginning
  • Catalan: albors — beginning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拂晓 (fúxiǎo) — beginning
  • Dutch: dageraad — beginning
  • Dutch: opgang — beginning
  • Esperanto: aŭroro — beginning
  • Esperanto: komenco — beginning
  • Finnish: aamunkoitto — beginning
  • Finnish: koitto — beginning
  • Finnish: koite — beginning
  • French: aube — beginning
  • French: aurore — beginning
  • German: Dämmerung — beginning
  • Greek: αυγή (avgí) — beginning
  • Hebrew: שחר (shakhar) — beginning
  • Hindi: उदय (uday) — beginning
  • Hungarian: hajnal — beginning
  • Icelandic: dögun — beginning
  • Italian: albori — beginning
  • Italian: schiudersi — beginning
  • Italian: vagito — beginning
  • Italian: inizio — beginning
  • Italian: alba — beginning
  • Italian: primordio — beginning
  • Italian: nascita — beginning
  • Korean: 새벽 (saebyeok) — beginning
  • Latin: aurora — beginning
  • Latin: initium — beginning
  • Macedonian: зора (zora) — beginning
  • Polish: świt — beginning
  • Polish: zaranie — beginning
  • Portuguese: começo — beginning
  • Portuguese: alvorada — beginning
  • Portuguese: aurora — beginning
  • Russian: заря́ (zarjá) — beginning
  • Serbo-Croatian: svanuće — beginning
  • Serbo-Croatian: zòra — beginning
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȉtānje — beginning
  • Serbo-Croatian: òsvit — beginning
  • Swedish: gryning — beginning
  • Tamil: எழுச்சி (eḻucci) — beginning
  • Aghwan: 𐕣𐔰𐔴𐕎 (kaen) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Albanian: agim — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Southern Altai: таҥ адар (taŋ adar) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Arabic: فَجْر (fajr) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Arabic: فَيِر (fəyir) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Arabic: فجر (fajir, fajur) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Armenian: առավոտադեմ (aṙavotadem) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Assamese: কাহিলিপুৱা (kahilipua) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Assamese: দোকমোকালি (dükmükali) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Assamese: পুৱতি নিশা (puti nixa) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Asturian: alboriar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Asturian: alborecer — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Bulgarian: съмва се (sǎmva se) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Bulgarian: зазорява се (zazorjava se) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Catalan: clarejar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Chichewa: kuchá — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拂曉 /拂晓 (fúxiǎo) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黎明 (límíng) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破曉 /破晓 (pòxiǎo) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Cornish: bora — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Danish: gry — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Danish: dages — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Danish: dæmre — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Danish: lysne — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Dutch: dagen — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Dutch: krieken — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Dutch: rijzen — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Esperanto: tagiĝi — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Ewe: fɔŋli — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Finnish: sarastaa — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Finnish: valjeta — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • French: se lever — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Galician: amencer — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Galician: clarear — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Galician: alborexar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Galician: alborecer — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Galician: lumbrigar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Georgian: გათენება (gateneba) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Georgian: ნათება (nateba) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • German: dämmern — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • German: grauen — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • German: tagen — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Greek: ξημερώνω (ximeróno) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Greek: χαράζω (charázo) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Hindi: उषा (uṣā) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Hungarian: hajnalodik — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Hungarian: virrad — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Icelandic: daga — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Icelandic: birta af degi — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Ido: jorneskar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Indonesian: subuh — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Indonesian: fajar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Irish: camhaoir — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Irish: breacadh an lae — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Italian: spuntare — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Italian: albeggiare — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Japanese: あかつき (akatsuki) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Japanese: 夜明け (yoake) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Japanese: 曙 (akebono) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Korean: 밝다 (bakda) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Kumyk: танг белги бермек (tañ belgi bermek) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Kumyk: танго къатмакъ (taño qatmaq) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Kumyk: ярыкъ болмакъ (yarıq bolmaq) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Central Kurdish: شەبەقدان (şebeqdan) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Kyrgyz: таң агара баштоо (taŋ agara baştoo) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Latin: lucesco — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Latin: dilucesco — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Latin: luciscere — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Lithuanian: švisti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Lithuanian: aũšti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Lithuanian: brė́kšti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Macedonian: се разденува (se razdenuva) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Macedonian: зазорува (zazoruva) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Malay: subuh — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Maltese: żerniq — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Maltese: tbexbix — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Manchu: ᡤᡝᡵᠰᡳ ᡶᡝᡵᠰᡳ (gersi fersi) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: ao — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: pūao — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: tākiri — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: rikoriko — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: tākiri te ata — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: hāpara — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Māori: ngahae — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Marathi: पहाट (pahāṭ) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gry — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dages — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: demre — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lysne — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gry — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dagast — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: demra — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lysna — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Old English: dagian — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Ossetian: ӕхси́д (æxsíd) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Persian: سپیدهدم (sepide-dam) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Persian: پگاه (pegâh) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Polish: świtać — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Portuguese: amanhecer — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Punjabi: ਤੜਕਾ (taṛkā) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Quechua: achikyay — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Quechua: paqariy — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Quechua: warayay — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Russian: наступа́ть (nastupátʹ) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Russian: рассвета́ть (rassvetátʹ) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Sassarese: billòcca — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Sassarese: chintari — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Serbo-Croatian: svanuti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Serbo-Croatian: rasvetliti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Serbo-Croatian: nastupiti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Slovene: daniti — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Spanish: amanecer — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Spanish: alborear — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Spanish: aclarar — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Spanish: clarecer — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Spanish: quebrar albores — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Swahili: kucha — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Swedish: gry — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Swedish: dagas — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠟꠣꠁꠘ꠆ꠎꠤ (xalainzi) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Tamil: உதி (uti) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Tamil: விடி (viṭi) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Tamil: எழு (eḻu) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Telugu: తెల్లారు (tellāru) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Turkish: tan — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Udi: кай (kaj) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Udi: каьй (käj) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Unami: òpàn — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Welsh: gwawrio — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Yao (Africa): kuca — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Yiddish: טאָגן (togn) — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Zazaki: sıpêde — to begin to brighten with daylight
  • Bulgarian: изгрявам (izgrjavam) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Bulgarian: появявам се (pojavjavam se) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Catalan: néixer — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Dutch: dagen — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Esperanto: ekaperi — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Finnish: paljastua — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Finnish: valjeta — to start to appear, to be realized
  • French: naître — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Galician: escrarexer — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Galician: xurdir — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Galician: petar — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Galician: abarbar — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Galician: alumbregar — to start to appear, to be realized
  • German: dämmern — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Hungarian: dereng — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Italian: spuntare — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Korean: 밝혀지다 (balkyeojida) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Central Kurdish: دەرکەوتن (derkewtin) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Latin: lucesco — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Latin: dilucesco — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Latin: luciscere — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Macedonian: се разјаснува (se razjasnuva) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Portuguese: aparecer — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Portuguese: nascer — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Russian: озаря́ть (ozarjátʹ) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Russian: осеня́ть (osenjátʹ) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Serbo-Croatian: sinuti — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Serbo-Croatian: sinuće — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Serbo-Croatian: osanjiti — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Slovene: se razkriti — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: caer en cuenta — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: caer en la cuenta — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: encenderse el bombillo — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: prenderse la bombilla — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: prenderse el bombillo — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: prendérsele el foco — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: prendérsele la ampolleta — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: prendérsele la lamparita — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: prenderse la chispa — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Spanish: dar en ello — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Swedish: gå upp för — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Swedish: randas — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Tamil: தோன்று (tōṉṟu) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Tamil: தெரி (teri) — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Welsh: sylweddoli — to start to appear, to be realized
  • Zazaki: tiji akewten — to start to appear, to be realized