name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ˈsʌnɹaɪz/
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rhymes with -ʌnɹaɪz
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1
name
Meaning 1
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Broward County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of the city of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Chisago County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Platte County, Wyoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sunup, daybreak, sparrow-fart, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawn, daylight, dayspring, first light, lauds, solrise, sun, sunlight, sunrise, sunrising
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sunset
10
noun
Meaning 10
Any great awakening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
It was the sunrise of her spirit.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sunset
11
verb
Meaning 11
To phase in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, uncommon
Topics: business
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sunset
12
verb
Meaning 12
To awake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
verb
Meaning 13
To cheer up, brighten, or illuminate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: periodic event, recurrent event
15
noun
Meaning 15
atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atmospheric phenomenon
16
noun
Meaning 16
the first light of day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
we got up before dawn
they talked until morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunup, cockcrow
Antonyms: sunset
Broader terms: hour, time of day
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
221 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sonopkoms
— time of day
Afrikaans:
sonop
— time of day
Albanian:
lindje
— time of day
Albanian:
ag
— time of day
Arabic:
شُرُوق
(šurūq)
— time of day
Arabic:
شُرُوق الشَّمْس
(šurūq aš-šams)
— time of day
Arabic:
بُكُور
(bukūr)
— time of day
Arabic:
غُدْوَة
(ḡudwa)
— time of day
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܕܸܢܚܵܐ
(dinḳa)
— time of day
Armenian:
արեւածագ
(arewacag)
— time of day
Azerbaijani:
günəşin doğması
— time of day
Belarusian:
усхо́д со́нца
(usxód sónca)
— time of day
Central Bikol:
pagsirang
— time of day
Central Bikol:
pagsubang
— time of day
Bulgarian:
и́згрев
(ízgrev)
— time of day
Burmese:
နေထွက်
(nehtwak)
— time of day
Catalan:
sortida de sol
— time of day
Cherokee:
ᎧᎸᎬ
(kalvgv)
— time of day
Chinese Cantonese:
日出
(jat6 ceot1)
— time of day
Chinese Mandarin:
日出
(rìchū)
— time of day
Czech:
východ slunce
— time of day
Danish:
solopgang
— time of day
Dutch:
zonsopgang
— time of day
Dutch:
zonsopkomst
— time of day
Dutch:
ochtendgloren
— time of day
Elfdalian:
suoluppgaungg
— time of day
Esperanto:
sunleviĝo
— time of day
Estonian:
päikesetõus
— time of day
Estonian:
koit
— time of day
Estonian:
koidik
— time of day
Faroese:
sólaruppkoma
— time of day
Finnish:
auringonnousu
— time of day
Finnish:
päivänkoite
— time of day
Finnish:
päivännousu
— time of day
Finnish:
päivänkoi
— time of day
Finnish:
aamunkoi
— time of day
French:
lever du soleil
— time of day
French:
potron-minet
— time of day
West-Frisian:
sinne-opgong
— time of day
Galician:
mencer
— time of day
Galician:
amencer
— time of day
Galician:
alborada
— time of day
Galician:
abrente
— time of day
Galician:
lubricán
— time of day
Georgian:
განთიადი
(gantiadi)
— time of day
Georgian:
ცისკარი
(cisḳari)
— time of day
Georgian:
აისი
(aisi)
— time of day
Georgian:
გარიჟრაჟი
(garižraži)
— time of day
Georgian:
რიჟრაჟი
(rižraži)
— time of day
Georgian:
მზის ამოსვლა
(mzis amosvla)
— time of day
German:
Sonnenaufgang
— time of day
Old High German:
sunnūn ūfgang
— time of day
Gothic:
𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃
(urruns)
— time of day
Greek:
ανατολή
(anatolí)
— time of day
Greenlandic:
seqerngup nuinera
— time of day
Hebrew:
זריחה \ זְרִיחָה
(zrikhá)
— time of day
Hindi:
सूर्योदय
(sūryoday)
— time of day
Hungarian:
napkelte
— time of day
Hungarian:
napfelkelte
— time of day
Icelandic:
sólarupprás
— time of day
Ido:
sunolevo
— time of day
Indonesian:
matahari terbit
— time of day
Indonesian:
mentari terbit
— time of day
Indonesian:
mentari hidup
— time of day
Irish:
éirí gréine (na)
— time of day
Italian:
levar del sole
— time of day
Italian:
levata del sole
— time of day
Italian:
aurora
— time of day
Italian:
alba
— time of day
Italian:
primo sole
— time of day
Italian:
sorgere del sole
— time of day
Japanese:
日の出
(hi no de)
— time of day
Japanese:
日出
(nisshutsu)
— time of day
Kannada:
ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯ
(sūryōdaya)
— time of day
Kazakh:
күн шығуы
(kün şyğuy)
— time of day
Khmer:
ថ្ងៃរះ
(thngay rĕəh)
— time of day
Khmer:
អរុណ
(ʼaʼrun)
— time of day
Korean:
해돋이
(haedoji)
— time of day
Korean:
일출
(ilchul)
— time of day
Northern Kurdish:
rojhilatin
— time of day
Kyrgyz:
күн чыгышы
(kün cıgışı)
— time of day
Lao:
ຕາເວັນຂຶ້ນ
(tā wen khưn)
— time of day
Lao:
ອະລຸນ
(ʼa lun)
— time of day
Latin:
oriēns
— time of day
Latin:
aurōra
— time of day
Latin:
ortus
— time of day
Latvian:
saullēkts
— time of day
Lithuanian:
aušra
— time of day
Lithuanian:
saulėtekis
— time of day
Low German:
Sünnopgang
— time of day
Lü:
ᦎᦱᦞᧃᦀᦸᧅᧈ
(ṫaavan ̇ʼoak1)
— time of day
Luxembourgish:
Sonnenopgang
— time of day
Macedonian:
изгре́јсонце
(izgréjsonce)
— time of day
Macedonian:
изгрев
(izgrev)
— time of day
Malay:
matahari terbit
— time of day
Manchu:
ᡧᡠᠨ ᠮᡠᡴᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ
(šun mukdembi)
— time of day
Mizo:
ni chhûak
— time of day
Mizo:
ni chhuah
— time of day
Mongolian:
нар мандах
(nar mandax)
— time of day
Khiamniungan Naga:
ōtsīpík
— time of day
Navajo:
haʼííʼą́ągo
— time of day
Norman:
l'vant du solé
— time of day
Norwegian Bokmål:
soloppgang
— time of day
Norwegian Bokmål:
solrenning
— time of day
Norwegian Nynorsk:
soloppgang
— time of day
Norwegian Nynorsk:
solrenning
— time of day
Southern Ohlone:
pilpilte
— time of day
Old English:
sunnan upgang
— time of day
Iranian Persian:
بَرْآمَدَن
(bar'âmadan)
— time of day
Iranian Persian:
طُلوع
(tolu')
— time of day
Iranian Persian:
طُلوعِ آفْتاب
(tolu'-e âftâb)
— time of day
Iranian Persian:
طُلوعِ خورْشید
(tolu'-e xuršid)
— time of day
Middle Persian:
𐭤𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭰𐭠𐭭𐭭
(xwarāsān)
— time of day
Middle Persian:
𐭠𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭭𐭭
(ulāmadan)
— time of day
Plautdietsch:
Sonnoppgank
— time of day
Polish:
wschód słońca
— time of day
Portuguese:
nascer do sol
— time of day
Portuguese:
aurora
— time of day
Romanian:
răsărit de soare
— time of day
Romansh:
levada dal sulegl
— time of day
Russian:
восхо́д со́лнца
(vosxód sólnca)
— time of day
Russian:
заря́
— time of day
Russian:
рассве́т
(rassvét)
— time of day
Russian:
восхо́д
(vosxód)
— time of day
Scottish Gaelic:
èirigh na grèine
— time of day
Serbo-Croatian:
излазак сунца
— time of day
Serbo-Croatian:
izlazak sunca
— time of day
Slovak:
východ slnka
— time of day
Slovene:
sončni vzhod
— time of day
Upper Sorbian:
schadźenje słónca
— time of day
Spanish:
salida del sol
— time of day
Spanish:
salida de sol
— time of day
Spanish:
salida solar
— time of day
Spanish:
orto
— time of day
Swahili:
macheo
— time of day
Swedish:
soluppgång
— time of day
Tajik:
тулӯи офтоб
(tulü-yi oftob)
— time of day
Telugu:
సూర్యోదయము
(sūryōdayamu)
— time of day
Thai:
ตะวันขึ้น
— time of day
Thai:
อรุณ
(à-run)
— time of day
Thai:
ยามเช้า
— time of day
Thai:
เช้ามืด
(cháao-mʉ̂ʉt)
— time of day
Tocharian B:
kauṃ-parki
— time of day
Tok Pisin:
sankamap
— time of day
Turkish:
güneş doğması
— time of day
Turkish:
güneş doğuşu
— time of day
Ottoman Turkish:
طوغمه
(doğma)
— time of day
Ukrainian:
схід со́нця
(sxid sóncja)
— time of day
Urdu:
طُلُوع
(tulū')
— time of day
Urdu:
طُلوعِ آفْتاب
(tulo'-i āftāb)
— time of day
Uzbek:
quyosh chiqishi
— time of day
Vietnamese:
bình minh
— time of day
Volapük:
solasülöpikam
— time of day
Volapük:
sülöpikam sola
— time of day
Welsh:
codiad haul
— time of day
Yiddish:
זונאויפֿגאַנג
(zunoyfgang)
— time of day
Albanian:
zbardhet
— sky changing color
Belarusian:
зара́
(zará)
— sky changing color
Belarusian:
зара́нак
(zarának)
— sky changing color
Belarusian:
до́світак
(dósvitak)
— sky changing color
Belarusian:
світа́нне
(svitánnje)
— sky changing color
Bulgarian:
зора́
(zorá)
— sky changing color
Bulgarian:
и́згрев
(ízgrev)
— sky changing color
Danish:
solopgang
— sky changing color
Dutch:
zonsopgang
— sky changing color
Estonian:
päikesetõus
— sky changing color
Estonian:
koit
— sky changing color
Finnish:
aamurusko
— sky changing color
Galician:
alborada
— sky changing color
Galician:
abrente
— sky changing color
Galician:
lubricán
— sky changing color
Georgian:
გარიჟრაჟი
(garižraži)
— sky changing color
Georgian:
განთიადი
(gantiadi)
— sky changing color
Georgian:
მზის ამოსვლა
(mzis amosvla)
— sky changing color
Georgian:
ცისკარი
(cisḳari)
— sky changing color
German:
Sonnenaufgang
— sky changing color
Hebrew:
זריחה \ זְרִיחָה
(zrikhá)
— sky changing color
Hungarian:
hajnalhasadás
— sky changing color
Indonesian:
fajar
— sky changing color
Indonesian:
fajar menyingsing
— sky changing color
Italian:
aurora
— sky changing color
Japanese:
朝焼け
(asayake)
— sky changing color
Korean:
아침놀
(achimnol)
— sky changing color
Latin:
aurōra
— sky changing color
Macedonian:
изгре́јсонце
(izgréjsonce)
— sky changing color
Mizo:
ni chhûak
— sky changing color
Norwegian Bokmål:
soloppgang
— sky changing color
Norwegian Nynorsk:
soloppgang
— sky changing color
Old English:
sunnan upgang
— sky changing color
Portuguese:
aurora
— sky changing color
Romanian:
crăparea zilei
— sky changing color
Russian:
заря́
(zarjá)
— sky changing color
Russian:
рассве́т
(rassvét)
— sky changing color
Scottish Gaelic:
èirigh na grèine
— sky changing color
Serbo-Croatian:
izlazak sunca
— sky changing color
Spanish:
salida del sol
— sky changing color
Spanish:
salida de sol
— sky changing color
Spanish:
salida solar
— sky changing color
Spanish:
orto
— sky changing color
Swedish:
soluppgång
— sky changing color
Ukrainian:
зоря́
(zorjá)
— sky changing color
Ukrainian:
зірни́ця
(zirnýcja)
— sky changing color
Ukrainian:
світа́нок
(svitánok)
— sky changing color
Ukrainian:
світа́ння
(svitánnja)
— sky changing color