diurnal

adj.

1. Relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period; daily.
2. Occurring or active during the daytime rather than at night: diurnal animals.
3. Botany. Opening during daylight hours and closing at night.

n.

1. A book containing all the offices for the daily canonical hours of prayer except matins.
2. Archaic.
   1. A diary or journal.
   2. A daily newspaper.

[Middle English, from Late Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from diēs, day.]

diurnally di·ur'nal·ly adv.

(dī-ur′nəl)
adj

Relating to or happening in the daytime or portion of the day which is light.

Pertaining to or occurring during the daytime, or period of light.

1) recurring every day; having a daily cycle
2) occurring in the daytime

A term used to describe a flower that opens only during the daytime.

IN BRIEF: Everyday. Also: Relating to daylight.

The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears. — Abd al-Kader (1807-1883), Arab mystic.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - daglig, dagåben, dag-, døgn-
n. - dagbog, journal

Nederlands (Dutch)
plaatsvindend overdag, dag-, dagelijks, in één dag

Français (French)
adj. - (Astron, Bot) diurne
n. - (Relig) diurnal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Tages-, täglich
n. - Diurnal (Gebetbuch)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ημερήσιος
n. - (θρησκ.) ωρολόγιον

Italiano (Italian)
diurno

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - diurno, diário
n. - diário (m)

Русский (Russian)
ежедневный, дневной

Español (Spanish)
adj. - diurno
n. - diurno

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - daglig
n. - dags-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
每日的, 白天的, 一日间的, 日报, 日刊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 每日的, 白天的, 一日間的
n. - 日報, 日刊

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 주간의, 날마다의
n. - 주간, 주행성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 日中聖務日課書
adj. - 昼間の, 日中の, 昼行性の, 日ごとの, 日周的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فعال خلال النهار ( صفه لحيوان), يومي, نهاري (الاسم) مفكرة, دفتر يوميات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יומי, של היום, של כל יום‬
n. - ‮ספר של תפילות הנאמרות ביום‬

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