Crepuscle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the time of day immediately following sunset

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɛpʌskəl/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈɛpʌskəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈɛpʌskəl/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɛpʌskəl/.

Examples

he loved the twilight
they finished before the fall of night

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gloam dusk nightfall crepuscule evenfall fall twilight gloaming

Parts of Speech

noun	the time of day immediately following sunset “he loved the twilight”

Word Forms

dusky	adjective	lighted by or as if by twilight; -Henry Fielding
crepuscular	adjective	like twilight; dim

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Dämmerung

die Tageszeit unmittelbar nach Sonnenuntergang

🇫🇷French

crépuscule

l'heure de la journée qui suit immédiatement le coucher du soleil

🇪🇸Spanish

crepúsculo

la hora del día inmediatamente después del atardecer

🇮🇹Italian

crepuscolo

l'ora del giorno immediatamente successiva al tramonto

🇳🇱Dutch

schemering

het tijdstip van de dag onmiddellijk na zonsondergang

🇵🇹Portuguese

crepúsculo

a hora do dia imediatamente após o pôr do sol

🇷🇺Russian

сумерки

время суток сразу после захода солнца

India

🇮🇳Tamil

குருத்தெலும்பு

சூரிய அஸ்தமனத்திற்கு அடுத்த நாளின் நேரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రిపస్కిల్

సూర్యాస్తమయం తరువాత వెంటనే రోజు సమయం

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્રેપસ્કલ

સૂર્યાસ્ત પછી તરત જ દિવસનો સમય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ರೆಪಸ್ಕಲ್

ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತದ ನಂತರ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ದಿನದ ಸಮಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രപസ്കിൾ

സൂര്യാസ്തമയത്തിന് തൊട്ടുപിന്നാലെ പകൽ സമയം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

黄昏

日落之后的一天中的时间

🇯🇵Japanese

クレプスクル

日没直後の時刻

🇰🇷Korean

어두컴컴한

일몰 직후의 시간

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lúc hoàng hôn

thời gian trong ngày ngay sau khi mặt trời lặn

🇹🇭Thai

รอยย่น

เวลาของวันทันทีหลังพระอาทิตย์ตก

🇮🇩Indonesian

senja

waktu hari segera setelah matahari terbenam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشفق

الوقت من اليوم الذي يلي غروب الشمس مباشرة

🇮🇷Persian

کرپوسکل

زمان روز بلافاصله پس از غروب آفتاب

🇹🇷Turkish

alacakaranlık

gün batımından hemen sonraki saat

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