diurnal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”). Doublet of journal.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈɜːnəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /daɪˈɝ.nəl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
AdjectiveEdit
diurnal (comparative more diurnal, superlative most diurnal)
- Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- Most birds are diurnal.
- 1972, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind, Volume 1[1]:
- However, in general, lizards are more diurnal than rattlers, which may be one of the reasons why young rattlers are more diurnal than adults.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
- Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring / Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring.
- (botany) Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.
- Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian.
- (uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.
- (archaic) Published daily.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:diurnal.
SynonymsEdit
- (having a daily cycle): circadian (biology)
AntonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- (active or open during the day): crepuscular (active during twilight; dawn or dusk)
- (active or open during the day): matutinal (active during dawn)
- (active or open during the day): vespertine (active during dusk)
- (active or open during the day): diel (having a 24-hour period, regardless of day or night)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
happening during daylight; primarily active during the day
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botany; of flowers open or releasing perfume during the day
having a daily cycle
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done once every day
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NounEdit
diurnal (plural diurnals)
- A flower that opens only in the day.
- (Catholicism) A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.
- (archaic) A diary or journal.
- (archaic) A daily news publication.
TranslationsEdit
A flower that opens during the day
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
diurnal m (plural diurnaux)
- diurnal (book)
Further readingEdit
- “diurnal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French diurnal or Latin diurnalis.
AdjectiveEdit
diurnal m or n (feminine singular diurnală, masculine plural diurnali, feminine and neuter plural diurnale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of diurnal
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | diurnal | diurnală | diurnali | diurnale | ||
| definite | diurnalul | diurnala | diurnalii | diurnalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | diurnal | diurnale | diurnali | diurnale | ||
| definite | diurnalului | diurnalei | diurnalilor | diurnalelor | |||
NounEdit
diurnal n (plural diurnale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of diurnal
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) diurnal | diurnalul | (niște) diurnale | diurnalele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) diurnal | diurnalului | (unor) diurnale | diurnalelor |
| vocative | diurnalule | diurnalelor | ||