daybreak

See also: Daybreak and day-break

English

daybreak over the Arbizon

Etymology

day +‎ break

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪbɹeɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

daybreak (countable and uncountable, plural daybreaks)

Dawn.
- 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
  Osnabrück, reached at daybreak, is a remarkable two-level station on the lines of Willesden Junction.

Usage notes

The time of daybreak varies throughout the year, except near the equator.

Synonyms

break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise; see also Thesaurus:dawn

Antonyms

dusk, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk

Translations

dawn

Arabic: فَجْر m (fajr), صُبْح (ar) m (ṣubḥ)
Armenian: լուսաբաց (hy) (lusabacʿ), այգաբաց (hy) (aygabacʿ), արեւածագ (hy) (arewacag)
Aromanian: hãryii f, apiritã f, cripatã f
Bikol Central: alagaag, umagahon
Bulgarian: зазоряване n (zazorjavane)
Burmese: အရုဏ်တက် (a.runtak)
Catalan: alba (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黎明 (zh) (límíng), 拂曉／拂晓 (zh) (fúxiǎo), 破曉／破晓 (zh) (pòxiǎo), 晨 (zh) (chén)
Czech: úsvit (cs) m, svítání (cs) n
Danish: daggry (da) n
Dutch: dageraad (nl) m
Esperanto: tagiĝo (eo)
Finnish: aamunkoitto (fi)
French: point du jour (fr) m
Galician: amencer (gl), abrente (gl) m, alborada (gl) f
Georgian: განთიადი (ka) (gantiadi), ცისკარი (cisḳari), გარიჟრაჟი (garižraži), რიჟრაჟი (rižraži), ალიონი (alioni), აისი (aisi)
German: Tagesanbruch (de) m
Gothic: 𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 f (uhtwō), 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 m (urruns)
Greek: αυγή (el) f (avgí)
Ancient: ὄρθρος m (órthros), ἠώς f (ēṓs)
Hungarian: virradat (hu), hajnal (hu)
Irish: briseadh an lae m, amhscarthanach f, camhaoir f
Italian: alba (it) f
Japanese: 夜明け (ja) (よあけ, yoake), 黎明 (ja) (れいめい, reimei)
Latin: aurora (la) m, dīlūculum n, gallicinium n
Lithuanian: aušra (lt) f
Macedonian: зо́ра f (zóra)
Maori: ata pongipongi, aoatea, ata hāpara, hāpara, haeata, puata, maruata, ata pūao
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grytidlig (at daybreak, at the crack of dawn)
Old English: dagung f
Ottoman Turkish: طاك (tañ)
Persian: سحر (fa) (sahar)
Polish: świt (pl) m, brzask (pl) m
Portuguese: amanhecer (pt) m, raiar do sol m, nascer do sol m, aurora (pt) f
Romanian: răsărit de soare (ro) n, zori (ro), auroră (ro) f, albă f
Russian: рассве́т (ru) m (rassvét), заря́ (ru) f (zarjá)
Sanskrit: उषस् (sa) f (uṣas), उषा (sa) f (uṣā), ऊषा (sa) f (ūṣā), प्रभात (sa) n (prabhāta)
Scottish Gaelic: briseadh-latha m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: праскозорје n

Roman: praskozorje (sh) n
Spanish: amanecer (es) m
Swedish: gryning (sv), dagning (sv), dagbräckning (sv)
Tagalog: bukang-liwayway (tl)
Volapük: gödalulit, delaprim (vo)
Welsh: gwawr (cy) f
Yiddish: פֿאַרטאָג (yi) m (fartog)

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