twilight

Etymology
From, , equivalent to , literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
 * 2) The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
 * 3) Any faint light through which something is seen.
 * 4)  The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
 * 5)  An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
 * , Book IV, Chapter XIV
 * The twilight of probability.
 * 1) Any faint light through which something is seen.
 * 2)  The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
 * 3)  An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
 * , Book IV, Chapter XIV
 * The twilight of probability.
 * , Book IV, Chapter XIV
 * The twilight of probability.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:twilight

Hyponyms

 * , /, ; see also Thesaurus:dawn and Thesaurus:dusk

Coordinate terms

 * end of ~ in the morning
 * end of ~ in the evening

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: شَفَق
 * Aramaic: ܢܘܨܦܐ, ܒܗܪܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: toran
 * Bashkir: эңер
 * Belarusian: змярка́нне, змрок, прыце́мак, суто́нне
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: kilumkilom
 * Czech:
 * Danish: tusmørke,, gry,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: krepusko
 * Estonian: ; koit, eha
 * Faroese: skýming, dimming, hálvalýsi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ბინდი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λύγη
 * Hebrew: דִּימְדּוּמִים
 * Hiligaynon: sirom, hinudlaw
 * Hindi: गोधुलि, , सांध्य प्रकाश, , शफ़क़
 * Hungarian:, , , ,  ,
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Ilocano: sardam, suripet
 * Irish: coimheascar,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latgalian: mikrieslis
 * Latin: crepusculum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: prietema
 * Low German: Tweidüster
 * Luxembourgish: Dämmerung
 * Macedonian: са́мрак
 * Malay: teja
 * Maori: ririko, rikoriko, matarikoriko, mārikoriko
 * Navajo: hayííłką́, nahootsoii
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: (after setting of sun only),
 * Nynorsk: tussmørke, skumring, skreddartime
 * Old English: ǣfenglōm
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:, گُرْگ‌ومیش⁩
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ciaradh, eadar-sholas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: су̏мра̄к
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: súmrak
 * Slovene: somrak
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:, dapithapon ,
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: sānti
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: су́тінки, при́смерк
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Võro: ago; hummogunõ ago, õdagunõ ago
 * Waray-Waray: sidsid, salidsid, sirom


 * Aklanon: kahapunanon
 * Bashkir: эңер
 * Bikol Central: sinarum
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cebuano: kilumkilom
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: stmívání
 * Danish:
 * Estonian: eha
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: luscofusco
 * Georgian: დაბინდება, მწუხრი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon: sirom, hinudlaw
 * Ilocano: sardam, suripet
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Karachay-Balkar: ашхам къарангы
 * Kazakh: қаракөлеңке
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latin: crepusculum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: saulėlydis
 * Luxembourgish: Dämmerung
 * Malay: senja kala
 * Maori: māhina, ririko
 * Maranao: merimon
 * Navajo: hayííłką́
 * Old English: ǣfenglōm
 * Pangasinan: sirom
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ciaradh, eadar-sholas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: су̏мра̄к
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: dapithapon,
 * Tausug: magrib
 * Waray-Waray: sidsid, salidsid, sirom
 * Welsh:, llwydnos


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: μισοσκόταδο
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 薄明かり
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: по́лумрак, са́мрак
 * Polish:, półzmrok
 * Portuguese:, meia-luz
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏лумра̄к, су̏мра̄к
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: šero
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish:

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.

Verb

 * 1)  To illuminate faintly.