HyperDic: crepuscle

English > 1 sense of the word crepuscle:
NOUNtimecrepuscle, twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepusculethe time of day immediately following sunset
English > crepuscle: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningThe time of day immediately following sunset.
Synonymstwilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule
Part ofevening, eve, even, eventideThe latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
NarrowernightA shortening of nightfall
Broaderhour, time of dayclock time
Spanishanochecer, anochecida, anochecido, atardecer, atardecida, crepuscle, crepúsculo, evenfall, gloam, ocaso
Catalancapvespre, crepuscle, crepuscle vespertí, evenfall, gloam, vespre
Adjectivescrepuscularlike twilight

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