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dawn

/ˈdɔːn/DAWN
/ˈdɔn/DAWN

Meaningthe first light of day

Common meaning: the first light of day

Other meanings: to begin

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishdagian‘to dawn’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishdawnensource
  3. Englishdawn‘the first light of day’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English dagian ‘the first light of day’.

Roots

  • dagian Old English “the first light of day”

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