cockcrow

Signification (Anglais)

The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

Concepts

lever du jour

chant du coq

jour naissant

pointe du jour

première lumière

Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).

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