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crepuscule

UK/ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/US/kɹɪˈpʌs.kjul/

crepuscule noun: twilight.

Noun

crepuscule (plural crepuscules)

  1. (archaic) Twilight.
    • 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.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 54
    Synonyms:
    blue hour, gloaming

crepuscule meaning in Tamil and Bengali

crepuscule in Tamil

அந்திக் கருக்கல்

crepuscule in Bengali

গোধূলি

Synonyms of crepuscule

Forms of crepuscule

pluralcrepuscules
alternative formcrepuscle

Origin of crepuscule

From Middle French crepuscule m, ultimately from Latin crepusculum n. Doublet of crepuscle and crepusculum.

Questions about crepuscule

What does crepuscule mean?
Crepuscule means twilight.
What is crepuscule in Tamil?
Crepuscule in Tamil is அந்திக் கருக்கல். See Crepuscule meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crepuscule?
Crepuscule is a noun.
How do you pronounce crepuscule?
Crepuscule is pronounced /ˈkɹɛp.ʊˌskjuːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of crepuscule?
The plural of crepuscule is crepuscules.

Words near crepuscule in the dictionary

  1. crepuscular ray
  2. crepuscular rays
  3. crepuscularities
  4. crepuscularity
  5. crepuscularly
  6. crepuscule
  7. crepuscules
  8. crepusculine
  9. crepusculous
  10. crepusculum
  11. crepy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crepuscule (page history and authors); crepuscule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crepuscule (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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