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English

Etymology

From Latin aur?ra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????.??/, /??????.??/
• Rhymes: -????
• Hyphenation: au?ro?ra

Noun

aurora (plural auroras or aurorae)

1. 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

Translations

Anagrams

• aroura

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aur?ra, from an ?-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auz?s, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éws?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?r?.ra/
• Hyphenation: au?rò?ra

Noun

aurora f (plural aurore)

1. dawn, sunrise

   Antonym: tramonto

2. aurora

Related terms

• aurora boreale
• aurorale

See also

• (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora,? alba,? mattino/?mattina,? mezzogiorno,? pomeriggio,? tramonto,? crepuscolo,? sera,? notte,? mezzanotte ^{(Category: it:Time) [edit]}

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *auz?s (as Fl?ra from fl?s), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éws?s (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aur?ra, from *h?ews- (“east”).

Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek ??? (??s), ??? (??s), the Sanskrit ???? (u?ás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the Old English ?ostre (modern Easter), English east.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au??ro?.ra/, [äu???o?rä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au??ro.ra/, [?u??r????]

Noun

aur?ra f (genitive aur?rae); first declension

1. dawn, sunrise

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• aur?reus

Related terms

• Aur?ra

Descendants

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, 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aur?ra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h?éws?s (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.???.??/
• Hyphenation: au?ro?ra

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. dawn; daybreak
2. Clipping of aurora boreal.

Romanian

Noun

aurora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of auror?

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aur?ra.

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. aurora

Derived terms

• aurora austral
• aurora boreal

Related terms

• auroral

Further reading

• “aurora” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.