What does crepuscule mean?

Definitions for crepuscule
krɪˈpʌs kyul, ˈkrɛp əˌskyul; krɪˈpʌs əlcre·pus·cule

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepusclenoun

    the time of day immediately following sunset

    "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

Wiktionary

  1. crepusculenoun

    Twilight.

  2. Etymology: From crepuscule, from crepusculum.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CREPUSCULEnoun

    Twilight. Dict.

    Etymology: crepusculum, Lat.

ChatGPT

  1. crepuscule

    Crepuscule refers to a period of partial darkness that occurs at twilight or dusk. It can also apply to the early dawn. It is essentially the transitional time between daylight and darkness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crepusculenoun

    twilight

  2. Etymology: [L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. crpuscule.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crepuscule in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crepuscule in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of crepuscule in a Sentence

  1. Erik Pevernagie:

    Could it be that nothing can truly make people long for 'anything' or 'anybody' anymore? Is everybody invading the catwalk of superficiality and acquiring artificial gadgets to create a pretense of desire? Have they, really, ended up in a twilight of desire? ( "Crépuscule du désir" )

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