dawn

dawn
dawn [dɔ:n]
1. noun
   a. aube f
• at dawn à l'aube
• from dawn to dusk de l'aube au crépuscule
   b. [of civilization] aube f ; [of an idea, hope] naissance f
2. intransitive verb
   a. [day] se lever
• the day dawned bright and clear l'aube s'est levée, lumineuse et claire
   b. [era, new society] naître ; [hope] luire
• an idea dawned upon him une idée lui est venue à l'esprit
• the truth dawned upon her elle a commencé à entrevoir la vérité
• it suddenly dawned on him that no one would know il lui vint tout à coup à l'esprit que personne ne saurait
3. compounds
► dawn chorus noun (British) concert m (matinal) des oiseaux
► dawn raid noun raid m
• the police made a dawn raid on his house la police a fait une descente chez lui au lever du jour
* * *
[dɔːn] 1.
noun
1) lit aube f, aurore f liter

at dawn — à l'aube

before ou by dawn — avant l'aube

at the crack of dawn — lit, fig à l'aube

dawn broke — le jour se leva

from dawn till dusk — du matin au soir

2) fig (beginning) aube f

the dawn of socialism — la naissance du socialisme

2.
intransitive verb
1) (become light) [day] se lever

the day dawned sunny and warm — le jour s'annonçait chaud et ensoleillé

2) (become apparent)

it dawned on me that — je me suis rendu compte que

it suddenly dawned on him why — il a compris soudain pourquoi


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