Le moment oů le jour commence ŕ poindre. Dès le point du jour. Se lever au point du jour, avant le point du jour.
1. An opening time period.
2. The earliest period; SYN. morning.
3. The first light of day; SYN. dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow.