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Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

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

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.

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Antonyms
nocturnal

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

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