# dawn
## English
### 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: /dɔːn/
* (General American) IPA: /dɔn/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /dɑn/
* (General Australian) IPA: /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)
* (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.
* (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.
* (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
### Noun

dawn (countable and uncountable, plural dawns)
* (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
* (countable) The rising of the sun.
    Synonyms: break of dawn, break of day, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise
* (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.
* (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

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)
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) :
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), सूर्योदय (hi) m (sūryoday)
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) :
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#### See also

* crepuscular

### See also

* dawn
* morning
* noon, midday
* afternoon
* dusk
* evening
* night
* midnight

### 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: /dawn/

### Determiner

dawn
* plural of dan
    Coordinate term: hedawn (hedawna)

## Middle English
### Noun

dawn
* Alternative form of dan

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dau̯n/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -au̯n

### Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh dawn, 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)
* 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
* first-person plural future colloquial of dod

##### Alternative forms

* down (colloquial)
* deuwn (literary)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.