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sunset

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌnsɛt
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N S EH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • at sunset

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The final period of the life of a person or thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • one's sunset years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A set termination date.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The region where the sun sets; the west.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To phase out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: business, government, politics

Examples

  • We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

of a declining industry or technology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sunset industries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: periodic event, recurrent event

9

noun

Meaning 9

atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: atmospheric phenomenon

10

noun

Meaning 10

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sundown

Antonyms: sunrise

Broader terms: hour, time of day

History

Etymology

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

Across languages

Translations

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҭашәара́ (ataŝwará) — time of day
  • Abkhaz: аӡа́алара (adzáalara) — time of day
  • Afrikaans: sonsondergang — time of day
  • Albanian: perëndim — time of day
  • Southern Altai: ажар (ažar) — time of day
  • Arabic: غُرُوب (ḡurūb) — time of day
  • Arabic: مَغْرِب (maḡrib) — time of day
  • Armenian: մայրամուտ (mayramut) — time of day
  • Armenian: արեւամուտ (arewamut) — time of day
  • Avar: тӏерхьин (tʼerx̂in) — time of day
  • Basque: arrats — time of day
  • Basque: ilunabar — time of day
  • Basque: iluntze — time of day
  • Basque: ilunsenti — time of day
  • Basque: eguzki-sarte — time of day
  • Belarusian: за́хад со́нца (záxad sónca) — time of day
  • Bengali: সূর্যাস্ত (śurjasto) — time of day
  • Bengali: মাগরিব (magribo) — time of day
  • Central Bikol: pagsulnop — time of day
  • Bulgarian: залез (zalez) — time of day
  • Catalan: posta de sol — time of day
  • Catalan: ocàs — time of day
  • Cherokee: ᏭᏕᎵᎬ (wudeligv) — time of day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日落 (rìluò) — time of day
  • Czech: západ slunce — time of day
  • Danish: solnedgang — time of day
  • Dutch: zonsondergang — time of day
  • Elfdalian: suolniðgaungg — time of day
  • Esperanto: sunsubiro — time of day
  • Esperanto: sunfalo — time of day
  • Estonian: päikeseloojang — time of day
  • Estonian: päikeseloojak — time of day
  • Faroese: sólsetur — time of day
  • Finnish: auringonlasku — time of day
  • Finnish: illansuu — time of day
  • French: coucher de soleil — time of day
  • Galician: posta de sol — time of day
  • Galician: solpor — time of day
  • Georgian: მზის ჩასვლა (mzis časvla) — time of day
  • Georgian: დაისი (daisi) — time of day
  • German: Sonnenuntergang — time of day
  • Old High German: sunnūn sedalgang — time of day
  • Greek: δύση (dýsi) — time of day
  • Greek: ηλιοβασίλεμα (iliovasílema) — time of day
  • Greenlandic: seqerngup tarrinnera — time of day
  • Hebrew: שקיעה (shkiá) — time of day
  • Hindi: सूर्यास्त (sūryāst) — time of day
  • Hungarian: naplemente — time of day
  • Hungarian: napnyugta — time of day
  • Icelandic: sólsetur — time of day
  • Icelandic: sólarlag — time of day
  • Icelandic: sólfall — time of day
  • Ido: sunokusho — time of day
  • Indonesian: matahari terbenam — time of day
  • Indonesian: mentari benam — time of day
  • Indonesian: mentari masuk — time of day
  • Ingrian: päivänlasku — time of day
  • Italian: tramonto — time of day
  • Italian: crepuscolo — time of day
  • Italian: occaso — time of day
  • Japanese: 日没 (nichibotsu) — time of day
  • Japanese: 日の入り (hinoiri) — time of day
  • Korean: 해넘이 (haeneomi) — time of day
  • Korean: 황혼 (hwanghon) — time of day
  • Korean: 일락 (illak) — time of day
  • Latin: crepusculum — time of day
  • Latin: occasus — time of day
  • Latvian: saulriets — time of day
  • Lithuanian: saulėlydis — time of day
  • Low German: Sünnünnergang — time of day
  • Luxembourgish: Sonnenënnergang — time of day
  • Macedonian: зајдисонце (zajdisonce) — time of day
  • Malayalam: അസ്തമയം (astamayaṁ) — time of day
  • Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ ᡩᠣᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ (šun dosimbi) — time of day
  • Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ ᡨᡠᡥᡝᠮᠪᡳ (šun tuhembi) — time of day
  • Mizo: ni tlâk — time of day
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ōtsīnáp — time of day
  • Nahuatl: aqui in tonatiuh — time of day
  • Navajo: iʼííʼą́ągo — time of day
  • Norman: couochi du solé — time of day
  • Norwegian: solnedgang — time of day
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: soleglad — time of day
  • Southern Ohlone: sosoronin — time of day
  • Old English: sunnan setlgang — time of day
  • Oromo: lixa biiftuu — time of day
  • Ossetian: хуры аныгуылд — time of day
  • Panamint: tape ikanna — time of day
  • Plautdietsch: Sonnunjagank — time of day
  • Polish: zmierzch — time of day
  • Polish: zachód słońca — time of day
  • Portuguese: crepúsculo — time of day
  • Portuguese: pôr-do-sol — time of day
  • Portuguese: pôr do sol — time of day
  • Portuguese: poente — time of day
  • Portuguese: ocaso — time of day
  • Portuguese: sol-pôr — time of day
  • Rapa Nui: topa ra'ā — time of day
  • Romanian: apus — time of day
  • Romanian: asfințire — time of day
  • Romanian: crepuscul — time of day
  • Romansh: rendida dal sulegl — time of day
  • Russian: захо́д со́лнца (zaxód sólnca) — time of day
  • Russian: зака́т (zakát) — time of day
  • Russian: заря́ (zarjá) — time of day
  • Russian: захо́д (zaxód) — time of day
  • Northern Sami: beaivvášluoitádeapmi — time of day
  • Southern Sami: vælloe — time of day
  • Southern Sami: biejjievælloe — time of day
  • Scottish Gaelic: dol fodha na grèine — time of day
  • Serbo-Croatian: залазак сунца — time of day
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalazak sunca — time of day
  • Sicilian: tracoḍḍu — time of day
  • Slovene: sončni zahod — time of day
  • Upper Sorbian: chowanje słónca — time of day
  • Spanish: puesta del sol — time of day
  • Spanish: puesta de sol — time of day
  • Spanish: puesta solar — time of day
  • Spanish: ocaso — time of day
  • Swahili: machweo — time of day
  • Swedish: solnedgång — time of day
  • Tagalog: sibsib — time of day
  • Tatar: кояш бату (qoyaş batu) — time of day
  • Telugu: సూర్యాస్తమయము (sūryāstamayamu) — time of day
  • Thai: เพล้โพล้ — time of day
  • Thai: ตะวันตก (dtà-wan-dtòk) — time of day
  • Thai: ตอนค่ํา — time of day
  • Thai: ตกค่ํา — time of day
  • Tibetan: ཉི་ནུབ (nyi nub) — time of day
  • Tibetan: ཉི་རྒས (nyi rgas) — time of day
  • Tocharian B: kauṃ-yaptsi — time of day
  • Turkish: gün batımı — time of day
  • Tuvan: кежээки хаяа (kejeeki xayaa) — time of day
  • Ukrainian: за́хід со́нця (záxid sóncja) — time of day
  • Vietnamese: hoàng hôn — time of day
  • Volapük: solamodonikam — time of day
  • Volapük: modonikam sola — time of day
  • Welsh: machlud haul — time of day
  • Welsh: machlud — time of day
  • Yiddish: זונפֿאַרגאַנג (zunfargang) — time of day
  • Yiddish: זונפֿאַרגאַנגען (zunfargangen) — time of day
  • Yiddish: זון־אונטערגאַנג (zun-untergang) — time of day
  • Yiddish: זון־אונטערגאַנגען (zun-untergangen) — time of day
  • Arabic: غُرُوب اَلشَّمْس (ḡurūb aš-šams) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃昏 /黄昏 (huánghūn) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Czech: západ slunce — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Danish: solnedgang — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Dutch: zonsondergang — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Estonian: päikeseloojang — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Estonian: päikeseloojak — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Finnish: iltarusko — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • French: crépuscule — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Galician: arrebol — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • German: Sonnenuntergang — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • German: Abendrot — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Hebrew: שקיעה (shkiá) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Hungarian: alkonypír — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Icelandic: sólsetur — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Icelandic: sólarlag — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Indonesian: senja — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Italian: tramonto — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Italian: crepuscolo — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Japanese: 夕焼け (yūyake) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Japanese: 黄昏 (tasogare) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃលិច (thngay lɨc) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Korean: 저녁놀 (jeonyeongnol) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Korean: 황혼 (hwanghon) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژ ئاوا (roj awa) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Latin: crepusculum — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Macedonian: залез (zalez) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Macedonian: зајдисонце (zajdisonce) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Māori: kokomea — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Navajo: iʼííʼą́ — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Polish: zachód słońca — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Portuguese: crepúsculo — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Portuguese: pôr do sol — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Romanian: apus — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Romanian: crepuscul — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Russian: захо́д со́лнца (zaxód sólnca) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Russian: зака́т (zakát) — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Russian: заря́ — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Scottish Gaelic: dol fodha na grèine — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: за́лаз — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: залазак сунца — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: залазница — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: zálaz — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalazak sunca — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalaznica — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Spanish: puesta del sol — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Spanish: puesta de sol — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Spanish: puesta solar — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Spanish: ocaso — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Swedish: solnedgång — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Welsh: machlud haul — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Welsh: machlud — changes in color of sky at sunset
  • Arabic: خَاتِمَة (ḵātima) — final period of life
  • Arabic: قَيَامَة (qayāma) — final period of life
  • Bulgarian: залез (zalez) — final period of life
  • Danish: alderens efterår — final period of life
  • Estonian: eluloojang — final period of life
  • Finnish: auringonlasku — final period of life
  • Finnish: iltarusko — final period of life
  • Finnish: elämän ehtoo — final period of life
  • French: crépuscule — final period of life
  • German: Lebensabend — final period of life
  • Greek: δύση (dýsi) — final period of life
  • Hungarian: alkony — final period of life
  • Icelandic: sólsetur — final period of life
  • Indonesian: usia senja — final period of life
  • Italian: tramonto — final period of life
  • Japanese: 黄昏 (tasogare) — final period of life
  • Korean: 황혼 (hwanghon) — final period of life
  • Latin: crepusculum — final period of life
  • Lithuanian: saulėlydis — final period of life
  • Macedonian: залез (zalez) — final period of life
  • Malayalam: അസ്തമയം (astamayaṁ) — final period of life
  • Mizo: chawhnû — final period of life
  • Mizo: ni tlâk — final period of life
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ōtsīnáp — final period of life
  • Polish: zmierzch — final period of life
  • Portuguese: crepúsculo — final period of life
  • Romanian: declin — final period of life
  • Romanian: apus — final period of life
  • Russian: зака́т (zakát) — final period of life
  • Spanish: ocaso — final period of life
  • Welsh: machlud haul — final period of life
  • Welsh: machlud — final period of life
  • Arabic: خِتَامِي (ḵitāmī) — attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
  • Finnish: iltaruskon — attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
  • Hungarian: alkony — attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
  • Polish: zmierzch — attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
  • Sicilian: tracoḍḍu — attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 淘汰 (táotài) — phase out
  • Danish: udfase — phase out
  • Hungarian: kivezet — phase out
  • Hungarian: megszüntet — phase out
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