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sunrise

name · noun · verb · 16 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.

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  • US: /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌnɹaɪz
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N R AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Antonyms: sunset, sundown, cockshut, crepusculum, dark, dimmity, duckish, dusk, evenfall, mirkning, night, nightfall, sun, vespers

9

noun

Meaning 9

The change in color of the sky at dawn.

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
  • : 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
  • Albanian: rilindje — figurative awakening
  • Arabic: شُرُوق (šurūq) — figurative awakening
  • Arabic: صَحْوَة (ṣaḥwa) — figurative awakening
  • Bulgarian: просвеще́ние (prosvešténie) — figurative awakening
  • Estonian: koit — figurative awakening
  • Icelandic: dögun — figurative awakening
  • Indonesian: kebangkitan — figurative awakening
  • Italian: alba — figurative awakening
  • Italian: aurora — figurative awakening
  • Italian: risveglio — figurative awakening
  • Kannada: ಉದಯ (udaya) — figurative awakening
  • Romanian: realizare — figurative awakening
  • Romanian: trezire — figurative awakening
  • Spanish: amanecer — figurative awakening
  • Spanish: despertar — figurative awakening
  • Spanish: despierto — figurative awakening
  • Spanish: surgimiento — figurative awakening
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