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semidarkness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

partial darkness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dark, darkness

Narrower terms: cloudiness, overcast, shade, shadiness, shadowiness, dimness, duskiness, gloom, somberness, sombreness, obscurity, obscureness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English darkness English semidarkness From semi- + darkness.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ala-qaranlıq — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Bulgarian: полумрак (polumrak) — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Esperanto: duonmallumo — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • French: demi-obscurité — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Galician: semiescuridade — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • German: Halbdunkel — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Greek: μισοσκόταδο (misoskótado) — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Hungarian: félhomály — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Italian: semioscurità — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Polish: półmrok — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Polish: półcień — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Portuguese: semiescuridão — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Portuguese: meia-escuridão — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Portuguese: penumbra — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Russian: полумра́к (polumrák) — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Serbo-Croatian: полутама — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Serbo-Croatian: polutama — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Spanish: penumbra — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
  • Spanish: semioscuridad — partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.