aurore

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aurōra.

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Noun

aurore f (plural aurores)

  1. aurora
    • 1902, Isabelle Eberhardt, Yasmina‎:
      «Ainsi, d’aurore radieuse en crépuscule mélancolique, la petite Yasmina avait vu s’écouler encore un printemps, très semblable aux autres, qui se confondaient dans sa mémoire.»
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  2. dawn
    Synonym: aube
    • 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, “Le Lac”, in Premières méditations poétiques‎:
      «Mais je demande en vain quelques moments encore, ¶ Le temps m’échappe et fuit ; ¶ Je dis à cette nuit : ‹ Sois plus lente › ; et l’aurore ¶ Va dissiper la nuit.»
      "But I ask in vain some moments more ¶ Time escapes from me; ¶ I tell this night: 'Be slower'; and the dawn ¶ Will dissipate the night."

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈrɔ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: au‧rò‧re

Noun

aurore f pl

  1. plural of aurora

Romanian

Noun

aurore f pl

  1. plural of auroră
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