dawn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɔːn/ (Standard Southern British, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /doːn/ (US) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɔn/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɑn/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /dɔn/ 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. (intransitive, figurative) To start to appear or become obvious. Synonym: (archaic or poetic) glimpse (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. ==== 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; see also Thesaurus:dawn (uncountable) The time when the sun rises. Synonyms: break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise; see also Thesaurus:dawn (uncountable) The earliest phase of something. Synonyms: beginning, onset, start ==== Antonyms ==== dusk ==== Hypernyms ==== twilight ==== Hyponyms ==== astronomical dawn civil dawn nautical dawn ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dawning ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== crepuscular === See also === === References === “dawn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “dawn”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Dwan, Wand, wand == Maltese == === Alternative forms === dawna, daw === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dawn/ Rhymes: -awn === Determiner === dawn plural of dan Coordinate term: hedawn (hedawna) == Middle English == === Noun === dawn alternative form of dan == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dau̯n/ 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 === == Zou == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɗoon. Cognate with Mizo dáwn. ==== Pronunciation 1 ==== IPA(key): [dɔ̄n] Hyphenation: dawn ===== Verb ===== dawn (stem II dàwn) (transitive) to drink ==== Pronunciation 2 ==== IPA(key): [dɔ̀n] Hyphenation: dawn ===== Noun ===== dàwn pipe for wine === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɗoŋ. Cognate with Mizo dáwng. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [dɔ́n] Hyphenation: dawn ==== Verb ==== dáwn (stem II dòt) (transitive) to welcome (transitive) to meet; to receive === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɗooŋ. Cognate with Mizo dǎwng. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [dɔ̀n] Hyphenation: dawn ==== Noun ==== dàwn end summit; peak === References === Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 42; 81; 115 Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 48