crepuscule

See also: crépuscule

English

Alternative forms

• crepuscle

Etymology

From Middle French crepuscule, from Latin crepusculum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjul/, /ˈkɹɛp.əˌskjul/

Noun

crepuscule (plural crepuscules)

1. (now rare) Twilight.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 54:

     Van watched them with the same pleasurable awe he had experienced as a child, when, lost in the purple crepuscule of an Italian hotel garden, in an alley of cypresses, he supposed they were golden ghouls or the passing fancies of the garden.

Synonyms

• blue hour, gloaming; see also Thesaurus:twilight

Related terms

• crepuscular

Translations

twilight

• Bulgarian: здрач (bg) m (zdrač), полумрак (bg) m (polumrak)
• Catalan: crepuscle (ca)
• French: crépuscule (fr) m
• German: Dämmerung (de) f, Abenddämmerung (de) f
• Italian: crepuscolo (it) m
• Russian: су́мерки (ru) (súmerki)
• Spanish: crepúsculo (es)

See also

• smokefall
• crepusculum