Dawning — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the first light of day

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɪsɪplˌɪnətˌɔːɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɔːnɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɔːnɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /dˈɪsɪplˌɪnətˌɔːɹi/.

Examples

we got up before dawn
they talked until morning
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sunrise get across morning fall into place first light dayspring sunup aurora come home dawn penetrate sink in break of day click get through break of the day daybreak cockcrow

Antonyms

sunset

Parts of Speech

noun	the first light of day “we got up before dawn”
verb	become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions “It dawned on him that she had betrayed him”
verb	appear or develop “The age of computers had dawned”
verb	become light “It started to dawn, and we had to get up”

Word Forms

dawn	verb	become light
auroral	adjective	characteristic of the dawn
aurorean	adjective	characteristic of the dawn
dawn	noun	an opening time period
dawning	noun	the first light of day

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Anbruch

das erste Licht des Tages

🇫🇷French

l'aube

les premières lueurs du jour

🇪🇸Spanish

madrugada

la primera luz del día

🇮🇹Italian

alba

la prima luce del giorno

🇳🇱Dutch

aanbreken

het eerste daglicht

🇵🇹Portuguese

amanhecer

a primeira luz do dia

🇷🇺Russian

рассвет

первый свет дня

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भोर

दिन की पहली किरण

🇧🇩Bengali

ভোর

দিনের প্রথম আলো

🇮🇳Tamil

விடியல்

பகலின் முதல் ஒளி

🇮🇳Telugu

తెల్లవారుతోంది

రోజు మొదటి కాంతి

🇮🇳Marathi

पहाट

दिवसाचा पहिला प्रकाश

🇮🇳Gujarati

સવાર

દિવસનો પ્રથમ પ્રકાશ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೆಳಗಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ

ದಿನದ ಮೊದಲ ಬೆಳಕು

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രഭാതം

പകലിൻ്റെ ആദ്യ വെളിച്ചം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਵੇਰਾ

ਦਿਨ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

صبح

دن کی پہلی روشنی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

黎明

🇯🇵Japanese

明け

最初の日の光

🇰🇷Korean

새벽

오늘의 첫 번째 빛

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bình minh

ánh sáng đầu tiên trong ngày

🇹🇭Thai

รุ่งอรุณ

แสงแรกของวัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

fajar

cahaya pertama hari itu

🇵🇭Filipino

madaling araw

ang unang liwanag ng araw

🇲🇾Malay

subuh

cahaya hari pertama

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الفجر

أول ضوء النهار

🇮🇷Persian

سپیده دم

اولین نور روز

🇹🇷Turkish

şafak vakti

günün ilk ışığı

🇮🇱Hebrew

שחר

האור הראשון של היום

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