"blue hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue hours [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French heure bleue. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|heure bleue}} Calque of French heure bleue Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue hour (plural blue hours)
  1. The period of twilight when the Sun is approximately 4-8° below the horizon and the sky is within a range of blue colors. Wikipedia link: blue hour Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: crepuscule, gloaming, twilight Translations (period of twilight): heure bleue [feminine] (French), blaue Stunde [feminine] (German), режи́мное вре́мя (režímnoje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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