"crepuscular" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/ [UK], /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-crepuscular.ogg [US] Forms: more crepuscular [comparative], most crepuscular [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|crepusculum}} Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum, {{af|en|-ar}} -ar Head templates: {{en-adj}} crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)
  1. Of or resembling twilight; dim. Synonyms: twilightish
    Sense id: en-crepuscular-en-adj-mFB0eIJs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 67 33
  2. (zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight. Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight): schemeractief (Dutch), hämäräaktiivinen (Finnish), crépusculaire (French), dämmerungsaktiv (German), crepuscolare (Italian), 薄明薄暮性 (hakumeihakubosei) (Japanese), crepuscular (Portuguese), crepuscular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-crepuscular-en-adj-TbmSKM~P Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crepuscular, crepusculine [obsolete], twilightish [rare] Hyponyms: matutinal, vespertinal, vespertine, acronical, matutine Derived forms: crepuscularity, crepuscularly, crepuscular ray, noncrepuscular Related terms: crepuscule, crepusculine, crepusculous, crepusculum Coordinate_terms: diurnal, nocturnal Translations (of or relating to twilight): сутонлівы (sutónlivy) (Belarusian), сутонны (sutónny) (Belarusian), сутонневы (sutónnjevy) (Belarusian), crepuscular (Catalan), vespera (Esperanto), hämärä (Finnish), crépusculaire (French), dämmerungs- (German), crepuscolare (Italian), breck-ghoo (Manx), crepuscular (Portuguese), су́меречный (súmerečnyj) [masculine] (Russian), crepuscular (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'of or relating to twilight': 55 45

Alternative forms

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}

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