# aurora
## English
### Etymology

From Latin aurōra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əˈɹɔː.ɹə/, /ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/, /ɔˈɹɔɹ.ə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
* Hyphenation: au‧ror‧a

### Noun

aurora (plural auroras or aurorae)
* An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
    Synonyms: chasma (obsolete, rare), polar light

#### Hyponyms

* (Northern Hemisphere): aurora borealis, northern lights
* (Southern Hemisphere): aurora australis, southern lights

#### Derived terms

* aurora australis
* aurora bluetail
* aurora borealis
* aurora-colored, aurora-coloured
* aurora glass
* Aurora Hill
* auroral
* auroraphobia
* aurora sauce
* aurora yellow
* aurorean
* black aurora

#### Translations
### Further reading

* aurora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* aroura

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin aurōra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑu̯ro(ː)rɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯ro̞(ː)rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑurorɑ
* Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

### Noun

aurora
* Synonym of auroraperhonen (“orange tip butterfly”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of aurora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aurorani
aurorani
accusative
nom.
aurorani
aurorani
gen.
aurorani
genitive
aurorani
aurorieni auroraini $^{rare}$
partitive
auroraani
auroriani
inessive
aurorassani
aurorissani
elative
aurorastani
auroristani
illative
auroraani
auroriini
adessive
aurorallani
aurorillani
ablative
auroraltani
auroriltani
allative
auroralleni
aurorilleni
essive
auroranani
aurorinani
translative
aurorakseni
aurorikseni
abessive
aurorattani
aurorittani
instructive
comitative
—aurorineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aurorasi
aurorasi
accusative
nom.
aurorasi
aurorasi
gen.
aurorasi
genitive
aurorasi
auroriesi auroraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
auroraasi
auroriasi
inessive
aurorassasi
aurorissasi
elative
aurorastasi
auroristasi
illative
auroraasi
auroriisi
adessive
aurorallasi
aurorillasi
ablative
auroraltasi
auroriltasi
allative
aurorallesi
aurorillesi
essive
auroranasi
aurorinasi
translative
auroraksesi
auroriksesi
abessive
aurorattasi
aurorittasi
instructive
comitative
—aurorinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
auroramme
auroramme
accusative
nom.
auroramme
auroramme
gen.
auroramme
genitive
auroramme
auroriemme auroraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
auroraamme
auroriamme
inessive
aurorassamme
aurorissamme
elative
aurorastamme
auroristamme
illative
auroraamme
auroriimme
adessive
aurorallamme
aurorillamme
ablative
auroraltamme
auroriltamme
allative
aurorallemme
aurorillemme
essive
auroranamme
aurorinamme
translative
auroraksemme
auroriksemme
abessive
aurorattamme
aurorittamme
instructive
comitative
—aurorinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
auroranne
auroranne
accusative
nom.
auroranne
auroranne
gen.
auroranne
genitive
auroranne
aurorienne aurorainne $^{rare}$
partitive
auroraanne
aurorianne
inessive
aurorassanne
aurorissanne
elative
aurorastanne
auroristanne
illative
auroraanne
auroriinne
adessive
aurorallanne
aurorillanne
ablative
auroraltanne
auroriltanne
allative
aurorallenne
aurorillenne
essive
aurorananne
aurorinanne
translative
auroraksenne
auroriksenne
abessive
aurorattanne
aurorittanne
instructive
comitative
—aurorinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
auroransa
auroransa
accusative
nom.
auroransa
auroransa
gen.
auroransa
genitive
auroransa
auroriensa aurorainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
auroraansa
auroriaan auroriansa
inessive
aurorassaan aurorassansa
aurorissaan aurorissansa
elative
aurorastaan aurorastansa
auroristaan auroristansa
illative
auroraansa
auroriinsa
adessive
aurorallaan aurorallansa
aurorillaan aurorillansa
ablative
auroraltaan auroraltansa
auroriltaan auroriltansa
allative
auroralleen aurorallensa
aurorilleen aurorillensa
essive
auroranaan auroranansa
aurorinaan aurorinansa
translative
aurorakseen auroraksensa
aurorikseen auroriksensa
abessive
aurorattaan aurorattansa
aurorittaan aurorittansa
instructive
comitative
—aurorineen aurorinensa :

#### Derived terms

* auroraperhonen

### Further reading

* “aurora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈrɔ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Hyphenation: au‧rò‧ra

### Noun

aurora f (plural aurore)
* aurora
* dawn, sunrise
    Synonym: alba
    Antonym: tramonto
** 1816, Gioachino Rossini, Cesare Sterbini (lyrics and music), “Ecco, ridente in cielo”, in Il barbiere di Siviglia:Ecco, ridente in cielo spunta la bella aurora, e tu non sorgi ancora e puoi dormir cosi'?(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* aurora boreale
* aurorale

### See also

* aurora
* alba
* mattino ~ mattina
* mezzogiorno
* pomeriggio
* tramonto
* crepuscolo
* sera
* notte
* mezzanotte

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *auzōs (as Flōra from flōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra, from *h₂ews- (“east”). Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the English east.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /au̯ˈroː.ra/, [äu̯ˈroːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /au̯ˈro.ra/, [äu̯ˈrɔːrä]

### Noun

aurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension
* dawn, sunrise
    Synonym: lūx

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* aurōreus

#### Related terms

* Aurōra

#### Descendants

* → English: aurora
* French: aurore
* Italian: aurora
* Romanian: auroră
* Spanish: aurora
* Portuguese: aurora

### References

* “aurora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “aurora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "aurora", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* aurora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “aurora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “aurora”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra. Doublet of Eos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈrɔ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Syllabification: au‧ro‧ra
* Homophone: Aurora

### Noun

aurora f
* (poetic) red sky at morning (term for the brightening sky just before sunrise, when the sky takes on a yellow-orange color on the horizon)
    Synonyms: jutrzenka, jutrznia, zorza poranna

#### Declension
### Further reading

* aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /awˈɾɔ.ɾa/ [aʊ̯ˈɾɔ.ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

### Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)
* dawn; daybreak
* Clipping of aurora boreal.
* (poetic) Orient

## Romanian
### Noun

aurora f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of auroră

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurōra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /auˈɾoɾa/ [au̯ˈɾo.ɾa]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: au‧ro‧ra

### Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)
* aurora
* dawn
    Synonyms: alba, amanecer, madrugada

#### Derived terms

* aurora austral
* aurora boreal

#### Related terms

* auroral

### Further reading

* “aurora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10