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Meaning of sunrise | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsʌnɹaɪz

Definitions

  1. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
  2. The change in color of the sky at dawn.
  3. Any great awakening.

Equivalents

Afrikaans sonop
Български зора изгрев
Bosanski зора
Cymraeg codiad haul
Dansk solopgang
Deutsch Sonnenaufgang
Esperanto sunleviĝo
Eesti koit
Gàidhlig èirigh na grèine
עברית זריחה
Hrvatski зора
Հայերեն արևածագ
Bahasa Indonesia fajar kebangkitan
Íslenska dögun sólarupprás
Lëtzebuergesch Sonnenopgang
Lietuvių aušra saulėtekis
Te Reo Māori uranga
Македонски изгрев изгрејсонце
မြန်မာဘာသာ နေထွက်
Português aurora nascer do sol
Română realizare trezire
Српски зора
Svenska soluppgång
Kiswahili macheo
తెలుగు సూర్యోదయము
Українська зоря світанок схід
اردو طلوع
Tiếng Việt bình minh tảng sáng

Examples

“I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.”
“Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?”
“It was the sunrise of her spirit.”
“Her face shone for a moment with new and unearthly splendour, her eyes lighted up with a very sunrise of joy.”
“It is in its zenith at mid-June, a very sunrise of Nature; and what with its forest and flower- fringed shores, its palace homes and parks, each with its white-winged or canopied yacht for skimming the lake at will, it at once occurred to me that Paradise had already been discovered and appropriated by Lake Geneva loiterers.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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