crepuscular
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)
- Of or resembling twilight; dim.
- Synonym: twilightish
- (zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
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Translations edit
of or relating to twilight
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active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kɾə.pus.kuˈlar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kɾə.pus.kuˈla]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɾ]
Adjective edit
crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)
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Galician edit
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crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French crépusculaire.
Adjective edit
crepuscular m or n (feminine singular crepusculară, masculine plural crepusculari, feminine and neuter plural crepusculare)
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Declension of crepuscular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | crepuscular | crepusculară | crepusculari | crepusculare | ||
definite | crepuscularul | crepusculara | crepuscularii | crepuscularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | crepuscular | crepusculare | crepusculari | crepusculare | ||
definite | crepuscularului | crepuscularei | crepuscularilor | crepuscularelor |
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Spanish edit
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Adjective edit
crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculares)
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Further reading edit
- “crepuscular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014