Meanings
plural crepuscules · alternative crepuscle
- archaicTwilight.
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 & antonyms
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nounthe time of day immediately following sunset
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincrepusculum n
- Middle Frenchcrepuscule m
- Englishcrepuscule
From Middle French crepuscule m, ultimately from Latin crepusculum n. Doublet of crepuscle and crepusculum.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian здрач, полумрак
- здрач (zdrač)twilight
- полумрак (polumrak)twilight
Catalan crepuscle
- crepuscletwilight
French crépuscule
- crépusculetwilight
German Dämmerung, Abenddämmerung
- Dämmerungtwilight
- Abenddämmerungtwilight
Italian crepuscolo
- crepuscolotwilight
Russian су́мерки
- су́мерки (súmerki)twilight
Spanish crepúsculo
- crepúsculotwilight
Cite this entry
crepuscule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crepuscule
“crepuscule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crepuscule. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crepuscule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crepuscule.
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