English

Etymology
From twi- + light; �second light, half-light�. Compare Low German twelecht, German Zwielicht.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�twaɪlait/
audio|en-us-twilight.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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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.

#:I could just make out her face in the twilight.

1. The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

#:It was twilight by the time I got back home.

1. Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

#:The twilight of probability. �Locke.

Translations
trans-top|light before rising, and after the setting, of the sun
Dutch: schemering f
Estonian: agu; koit (morning), eha (evening)
Finnish: aamuhämärä, iltahämärä
French: aube f
German: Dämmerung f
Greek: λ�κ���� n (lykóphos)
Italian: crepuscolo m
Japanese: ��� (����, yūgure), �� (tasogare)
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Polish: pó�mrok m
Portuguese: crepúsculo m
Russian: ��ме�ки (súmerki) p
Serbian: sumrak
Slovak: súmrak m
Spanish: crepúsculo m
Swedish: skymning (after setting of sun only) c
Võro: ago; hummogunõ ago (morning), õdagunõ ago (evening)
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trans-top|time between daylight and darkness
French: crépuscule m, entre chien et loup
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Italian: crepuscolo m
Spanish: crepúsculo m
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trans-top|faint light; dubious medium
Danish: skumring
German: Zwielicht n, Halbdunkel n
Finnish: hämärä, epäselvä
French: pénombre f, brumes f
Italian: crepuscolo m
Japanese: ���� (usu-akari)
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Russian: ��ме�ки (súmerki) p
Serbian: polumrak, sumrak
Slovak: Å¡ero n
Spanish: tiniebla f
Swedish: skumrask n
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ا�ش�� unicode|(aš-šáfaq)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (límíng)
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ttbc|Korean: �� (hwanghon)
ttbc|Spanish: crepúsculo m

Adjective
twilight

1. Pertaining to or resembling twilight

#: O�er the twilight groves and dusky caves. �Pope.

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