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The French word for dawn is
aube





dawn

Plural

The plural of aube is aubes.

French Definition


dawn
     1. n. Aurore (moment qui précède immédiatement le lever du soleil).
     2. n. Aube, période du jour où le soleil se lève.
     3. n. Aube (commencement).
     4. n. Lever de soleil (sunrise).
     5. n. Crépuscule (période du jour juste avant le lever de soleil) (plus rare).
     6. v. Commencer à s'éclairer par la lumière du soleil qui se lève.
     7. v. Commencer, faire son apparition.
     8. v. Prendre conscience, commencer à comprendre.
           It finally dawned on me what he was talking about.
           J'ai finalement commencé à comprendre de quoi il parlait.

Translations for dawn and their definitions

aube
     1. n-f. dawn, sunrise, daybreak
     2. n-f. beginning
     3. n-f. (religion) alb
     4. n-f. (technology) paddle, blade
     5. n-f. vane (of windmill)
     6. n-f. small plank
Image illustrating the French word Aube


lever du soleil
     1. n-m. a sunrise
     2. n-m. dawn
Image illustrating the French word lever du soleil


poindre
     1. v. to prick, sting
     2. v. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.)
     3. v. to come up (of a plant), peep through
     4. v. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)
     5. v. to appear, spring up


se lever
     1. to dawn
     2. to stand up
     3. to get up


naître
     1. v. to be born (typically used in the passive voice)


Aurore ©
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, eq=Aurora
     2. n-f. aurora
     3. n-f. dawn
     4. Paronyms. col3, arare, horaire, horreur
Image illustrating the French word Aurore


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