What is 'sunrise' in French?

Lever du soleil is a French equivalent of 'sunrise'. The verb 'lever' means 'to raise'. The Word 'du' combines the preposition 'de' with the masculine definite article 'le' to mean 'of the'. The masculine noun 'soleil'means 'sun'. All together, they're pronounced 'leh-veh dyoo soh-leh'.