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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations

[ English

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nəl

[ Noun

Singular diurnal

Plural diurnals

diurnal (plural diurnals)

1. A flower that opens only in the day
2. A book containing canonical offices but not matins
3. (dated) A diary or journal.
4. (dated) A daily news publication.

[ Translations

• Italian: diurno (2), diurnale (2,3,4)

[ Adjective

diurnal (not comparable)

1. Occurring daily
2. Primarily active during the day.
3. (botany) Open during daylight hours, closed at night
4. Repeated or recurring daily. Having a daily cycle of completed actions in 24 hours and recurring every 24 hours. Thus, most reference is made to diurnal tasks, cycles, tides, or sunrise to sunset.

• For examples of the usage of this word see thee citations page.

[ Antonyms

• nocturnal

[ Translations

• Dutch: dagelijks (1), dag- (2)
• Finnish: päivittäinen (1); päivä- (prefix of a compound word) (2)
• French: journalier (1), diurne (2)
• West Frisian: deisk (1), deistich (1), dei- (2)
• German: täglich (1), tagaktiv (2)
• Italian: diurno
• Icelandic: dagdýr (2)
• Swedish: dygn (3)