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  Words related to twilight

Related / Similar Words: dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

 

Definition:
  • the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth;
  • a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire";
  • the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night";

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    Hyponyms: night

     

    Part Meronyms: evening, eve, eventide

     

    Language Translations:
    Danish: skumring   Dutch: schemering  
    Estonian: agu   Finnish: aamuhämärä and hämärä  
    French: aube and pénombre   German: Dämmerung and Zwielicht  
    Greek: λυκόφως   Italian: crepuscolo  
    Japanese: 薄明かり and 夕暮れ   Polish: półmrok  
    Portuguese: crepúsculo   Russian: сумерки  
    Serbian: polumrak and sumrak   Slovak: súmrak and šero  
    Spanish: crepúsculo and tiniebla   Swedish: skumrask and skymning  
     
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