Twilight

//ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt//

Synonyms for "twilight" (114 found)

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Noun(3 words)
dimmetduskevenfall
Adjective(1 words)
dusky

Related words (57)

Adjective(1 words)
mesopelagic
Adjective(1 words)
twilit

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Translations

238 translations across 83 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • skemer noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • skemeraand noun (evening twilight)
  • skemerdonker noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • kahapunanon noun (evening twilight)

Albanian

2 entries
  • agu noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • muzg noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • λύγη noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَفَق noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܒܗܪܐ noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • ܢܘܨܦܐ noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մթնշաղ noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • toran noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • эңер noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • эңер noun (evening twilight)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • змрок noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • змярка́нне noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • прыце́мак noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • суто́нне noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • sinarum noun (evening twilight)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дрезгавина́ noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • здрач noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • полумра́к noun (evening twilight)
  • су́мрак noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Catalan

1 entries
  • crepuscle noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • kilumkilom noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • kilumkilom noun (evening twilight)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 薄暮 noun (evening twilight)
  • 黃昏 /黄昏 noun (evening twilight)

Czech

2 entries
  • soumrak noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • stmívání noun (evening twilight)

Danish

4 entries
  • daggry noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • gry noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • skumring noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • skumring noun (evening twilight)

Dari

1 entries
  • شَفَق noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Dutch

3 entries
  • deemstering noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • schemering noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • tweelicht noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • i-x:x-w-N2 noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • krepusko noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Estonian

4 entries
  • agu noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • eha noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • eha noun (evening twilight)
  • koit noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Faroese

3 entries
  • dimming noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • hálvalýsi noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • skýming noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aamuhämärä noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • epäselvä noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • hämärä noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • hämärä noun (faint light; dubious medium)

French

4 entries
  • brumes noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • crépuscule noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • crépuscule noun (evening twilight)
  • demi-jour noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Galician

3 entries
  • crepúsculo noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • lucenza noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • luscofusco noun (evening twilight)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ბინდი noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • დაბინდება noun (evening twilight)
  • მწუხრი noun (evening twilight)

German

4 entries
  • Abenddämmerung noun (evening twilight)
  • Dämmerung noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • Dämmerung noun (evening twilight)
  • Halbdunkel noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Greek

4 entries
  • λυκόφως noun (evening twilight)
  • μισοσκόταδο noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • σούρουπο noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • σούρουπο noun (evening twilight)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת noun (evening twilight)
  • דִּימְדּוּמִים noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Hiligaynon

4 entries
  • hinudlaw noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • hinudlaw noun (evening twilight)
  • sirom noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • sirom noun (evening twilight)

Hindi

4 entries
  • गोधूलि noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • गोधूलि noun (evening twilight)
  • झुटपुटा noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • झुटपुटा noun (evening twilight)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alkonyat noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • félhomály noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • pirkadat noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • pirkadás noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • húm noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • ljósaskipti noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • rökkur noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Ilocano

4 entries
  • sardam noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • sardam noun (evening twilight)
  • suripet noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • suripet noun (evening twilight)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • senja kala noun (evening twilight)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • شَفَق noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • گُرْگومیش noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Irish

2 entries
  • clapsholas noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • coimheascar noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Italian

4 entries
  • crepuscolo noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • crepuscolo noun (evening twilight)
  • crepuscolo noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • penombra noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 夕暮れ noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • 薄明かり noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • 黄昏 noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • ашхам къарангы noun (evening twilight)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қаракөлеңке noun (evening twilight)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អស្តង្គត noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Korean

4 entries
  • 땅거미 noun (evening twilight)
  • 어스름 noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • 어스름 noun (evening twilight)
  • 황혼 noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • mikrieslis noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Latin

2 entries
  • crepusculum noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • crepusculum noun (evening twilight)

Latvian

3 entries
  • krēsla noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • krēsla noun (evening twilight)
  • krēsla noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • saulėlydis noun (evening twilight)
  • sutema noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Low German

1 entries
  • Tweidüster noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Dämmerung noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • Dämmerung noun (evening twilight)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • по́лумрак noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • са́мрак noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • са́мрак noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Malay

2 entries
  • senja kala noun (evening twilight)
  • teja noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Maranao

1 entries
  • merimon noun (evening twilight)

Māori

4 entries
  • matarikoriko noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • māhina noun (evening twilight)
  • mārikoriko noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • rikoriko noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Navajo

3 entries
  • hayííłką́ noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • hayííłką́ noun (evening twilight)
  • nahootsoii noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • skumring noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • tussmørke noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • skreddartime noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • skumring noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • tussmørke noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Old English

2 entries
  • ǣfenglōm noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • ǣfenglōm noun (evening twilight)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • sirom noun (evening twilight)

Polish

4 entries
  • półmrok noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • półzmrok noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • zmierzch noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • zmrok noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • crepúsculo noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • crepúsculo noun (evening twilight)
  • lusco-fusco noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • meia-luz noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Romanian

4 entries
  • amurg noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • amurg noun (evening twilight)
  • crepuscul noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • crepuscul noun (evening twilight)

Russian

4 entries
  • полумра́к noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • потёмки noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • су́мерки noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • су́мерки noun (evening twilight)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • ciaradh noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • ciaradh noun (evening twilight)
  • eadar-sholas noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • eadar-sholas noun (evening twilight)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pȍlumrāk noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • sȕmrāk noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • sȕmrāk noun (evening twilight)
  • sȕmrāk noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Slovak

2 entries
  • súmrak noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • šero noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Slovene

1 entries
  • somrak noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • эҥер noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Spanish

3 entries
  • crepúsculo noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • crepúsculo noun (evening twilight)
  • penumbra noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Swedish

4 entries
  • gryning noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • skumrask noun (faint light; dubious medium)
  • skymning noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • tveljus noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • bukang-liwayway noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • dapithapon noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • dapithapon noun (evening twilight)
  • takipsilim noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Tamil

3 entries
  • மாலை மெல்லொளி noun (evening twilight)
  • மெல்லொளி noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • மெல்லொளி noun (faint light; dubious medium)

Tausug

1 entries
  • magrib noun (evening twilight)

Thai

1 entries
  • สนธยา noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • sānti noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Turkish

2 entries
  • alacakaranlık noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • tan noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • акшан noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • при́смерк noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • су́тінки noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Urdu

1 entries
  • شَفَق noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bình minh noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • hoàng hôn noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Võro

3 entries
  • ago noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • hummogunõ ago noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • õdagunõ ago noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)

Waray-Waray

4 entries
  • salidsid noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • salidsid noun (evening twilight)
  • sidsid noun (light before rising and after the setting of the Sun)
  • sidsid noun (evening twilight)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cyfnos noun (evening twilight)
  • llwydnos noun (evening twilight)

Sample sentences

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We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.

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There was eternal twilight in the place.

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The twilight came on.

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The twilight merged into darkness.

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