Twilight — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the time of day immediately following sunset

the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/twˈaɪlaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/twˈaɪlaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/twˈaɪlaɪt/

2 syllables Say it as /twˈaɪlaɪt/.

Examples

he loved the twilight
they finished before the fall of night
in the twilight of the empire

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gloam dusky dusk nightfall crepuscule evenfall fall crepuscle twilit gloaming

Parts of Speech

noun	the time of day immediately following sunset “he loved the twilight”
noun	the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
noun	a condition of decline following successes “in the twilight of the empire”
adjective	lighted by or as if by twilight; -Henry Fielding “The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn”

Word Forms

dusky	adjective	lighted by or as if by twilight; -Henry Fielding
crepuscular	adjective	like twilight; dim
dusk	noun	the time of day immediately following sunset
duskiness	noun	the state of being poorly illuminated

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

🇮🇳Hindi

सांझ

सूर्यास्त के तुरंत बाद दिन का समय

🇧🇩Bengali

গোধূলি

সূর্যাস্তের পরপরই দিনের সময়

🇮🇳Tamil

அந்தி

சூரிய அஸ்தமனத்திற்கு அடுத்த நாளின் நேரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

సంధ్య

సూర్యాస్తమయం తరువాత వెంటనే రోజు సమయం

🇮🇳Marathi

संधिप्रकाश

सूर्यास्तानंतर लगेचच दिवसाची वेळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંધિકાળ

સૂર્યાસ્ત પછી તરત જ દિવસનો સમય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಧ್ಯಾಕಾಲ

ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತದ ನಂತರ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ದಿನದ ಸಮಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സന്ധ്യ

സൂര്യാസ്തമയത്തിന് തൊട്ടുപിന്നാലെ പകൽ സമയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਧਿਆ

ਸੂਰਜ ਡੁੱਬਣ ਤੋਂ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਬਾਅਦ ਦਿਨ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

گودھولی

غروب آفتاب کے فوراً بعد دن کا وقت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

暮

日落之后的一天中的时间

🇯🇵Japanese

トワイライト

日没直後の時刻

🇰🇷Korean

어스름

일몰 직후의 시간

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chạng vạng

thời gian trong ngày ngay sau khi mặt trời lặn

🇹🇭Thai

พลบค่ำ

เวลาของวันทันทีหลังพระอาทิตย์ตก

🇮🇩Indonesian

senja

waktu hari segera setelah matahari terbenam

🇵🇭Filipino

takipsilim

ang oras ng araw kaagad pagkatapos ng paglubog ng araw

🇲🇾Malay

senja

waktu hari sejurus selepas matahari terbenam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشفق

الوقت من اليوم الذي يلي غروب الشمس مباشرة

🇮🇷Persian

گرگ و میش

زمان روز بلافاصله پس از غروب آفتاب

🇹🇷Turkish

alacakaranlık

gün batımından hemen sonraki saat

🇮🇱Hebrew

דִמדוּם

השעה ביום מיד לאחר השקיעה

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