aurora

English Online Dictionary. What means aurora‎? What does aurora mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin aurōra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔː.ɹə/, /ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/, /ɔˈɹɔɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
• 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

Further reading

• aurora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aroura

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin aurōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ro(ː)rɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯ro̞(ː)rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑurorɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora

1. Synonym of auroraperhonen (“orange tip butterfly”)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “aurora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: au‧rò‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural aurore)

1. dawn, sunrise

   Synonym: alba

   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 *auzōs (as Flōra from flōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra, from *h₂ews- (“east”). Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the English east.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/, [äu̯ˈroːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈro.ra/, [äu̯ˈrɔːrä]

Noun

aurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension

1. dawn, sunrise

   Synonym: lūx

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• aurōreus

Related terms

• Aurōra

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra. Doublet of Eos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: au‧ro‧ra
• Homophone: Aurora

Noun

aurora f

1. (poetic) red sky at morning (term for the brightening sky just before sunrise, when the sky takes on a yellow-orange color on the horizon)

   Synonyms: jutrzenka, jutrznia, zorza poranna

Declension

Further reading

• aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. dawn; daybreak
2. Clipping of aurora boreal.
3. (poetic) Orient

Romanian

Noun

aurora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of auroră

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾoɾa/ [au̯ˈɾo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. dawn
2. aurora

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “aurora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28