twilight

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• /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/
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PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”).

238 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skemer — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Albanian: agu — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Albanian: muzg — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Southern Altai: эҥер (eŋer) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Arabic: شَفَق (šafaq) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Aramaic: ܢܘܨܦܐ — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Aramaic: ܒܗܪܐ — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Armenian: մթնշաղ (mtʻnšaġ) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Azerbaijani: toran — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Bashkir: эңер (eñer) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Belarusian: змярка́нне (zmjarkánnje) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Belarusian: змрок (zmrok) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Belarusian: прыце́мак (prycjémak) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Belarusian: суто́нне (sutónnje) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Bulgarian: здрач (zdrač) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Bulgarian: су́мрак (súmrak) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Catalan: crepuscle — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Cebuano: kilumkilom — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Czech: soumrak — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Danish: tusmørke — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Danish: skumring — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Danish: gry — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Danish: daggry — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Dutch: tweelicht — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Dutch: deemstering — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Dutch: schemering — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Egyptian: i-x:x-w-N2 (jḫḫw) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Esperanto: krepusko — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Estonian: agu — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Estonian: koit — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Estonian: eha — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Faroese: skýming — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Faroese: dimming — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Faroese: hálvalýsi — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Finnish: hämärä — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Finnish: aamuhämärä — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Finnish: iltahämärä — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• French: demi-jour — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• French: crépuscule — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Galician: crepúsculo — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Galician: lucenza — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Georgian: ბინდი (bindi) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• German: Zwielicht — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• German: Dämmerung — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Greek: σούρουπο (soúroupo) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Ancient Greek: λύγη (lúgē) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hebrew: דִּימְדּוּמִים — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hiligaynon: sirom — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hiligaynon: hinudlaw — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: गोधूलि (godhūli) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: झुटपुटा (jhuṭpuṭā) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: सांध्य प्रकाश (sāndhya prakāś) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: द्वाभा (dvābhā) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: धुंधलका (dhundhalkā) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: संध्या (sandhyā) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hindi: साँझ (sāñjh) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hungarian: szürkület — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hungarian: félhomály — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hungarian: pirkadat — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hungarian: pirkadás — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hungarian: virradat — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Hungarian: alkonyat — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Icelandic: ljósaskipti — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Icelandic: húm — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Icelandic: rökkur — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Ilocano: sardam — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Ilocano: suripet — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Irish: coimheascar — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Irish: clapsholas — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Italian: crepuscolo — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Japanese: 夕暮れ (yūgure) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Japanese: 黄昏 — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Khmer: អស្តង្គត (ʼɑhsdɑngkŭət) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Korean: 어스름 (eoseureum) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Korean: 황혼 (hwanghon) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Latgalian: mikrieslis — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Latin: crepusculum — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Latvian: krēsla — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Lithuanian: sutema — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Low German: Tweidüster — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Luxembourgish: Dämmerung — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Macedonian: са́мрак (sámrak) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Malay: teja — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Māori: ririko — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Māori: rikoriko — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Māori: matarikoriko — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Māori: mārikoriko — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Navajo: hayííłką́ — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Navajo: nahootsoii — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Norwegian Bokmål: skumring — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Norwegian Bokmål: tussmørke — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tussmørke — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skumring — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skreddartime — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Old English: ǣfenglōm — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Dari: شَفَق (šafaq) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Iranian Persian: شَفَق (šafaġ) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Iranian Persian: گُرْگومیش (gorg-o-miš) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Polish: zmierzch — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Polish: zmrok — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Portuguese: crepúsculo — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Portuguese: lusco-fusco — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Romanian: amurg — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Romanian: crepuscul — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Romanian: zori — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Russian: су́мерки (súmerki) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Russian: су́мрак (súmrak) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Scottish Gaelic: ciaradh — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-sholas — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Serbo-Croatian: су̏мра̄к — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕmrāk — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Slovak: súmrak — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Slovene: somrak — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Spanish: crepúsculo — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Swedish: tveljus — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Swedish: skymning — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Swedish: gryning — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Tagalog: takipsilim — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Tagalog: dapithapon — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Tagalog: bukang-liwayway — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Tamil: மெல்லொளி (melloḷi) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Thai: สนธยา (sǒn-tá-yaa) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Tocharian B: sānti — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Turkish: tan — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Turkish: alacakaranlık — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Udmurt: акшан (akšan) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Ukrainian: су́тінки (sútinky) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Ukrainian: при́смерк (prýsmerk) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Urdu: شَفَق (śafaq) — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Vietnamese: hoàng hôn — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Vietnamese: bình minh — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Võro: ago — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Võro: hummogunõ ago — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Võro: õdagunõ ago — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Waray-Waray: sidsid — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Waray-Waray: salidsid — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Waray-Waray: sirom — light before rising and after the setting of the Sun
• Afrikaans: skemeraand — evening twilight
• Aklanon: kahapunanon — evening twilight
• Bashkir: эңер (eñer) — evening twilight
• Central Bikol: sinarum — evening twilight
• Bulgarian: полумра́к (polumrák) — evening twilight
• Cebuano: kilumkilom — evening twilight
• Chinese Mandarin: 黃昏 /黄昏 (huánghūn) — evening twilight
• Chinese Mandarin: 薄暮 (bómù) — evening twilight
• Czech: stmívání — evening twilight
• Danish: skumring — evening twilight
• Estonian: eha — evening twilight
• Finnish: iltahämärä — evening twilight
• French: crépuscule — evening twilight
• French: entre chien et loup — evening twilight
• Galician: luscofusco — evening twilight
• Georgian: დაბინდება (dabindeba) — evening twilight
• Georgian: მწუხრი (mc̣uxri) — evening twilight
• German: Dämmerung — evening twilight
• German: Abenddämmerung — evening twilight
• Greek: σούρουπο (soúroupo) — evening twilight
• Greek: λυκόφως (lykófos) — evening twilight
• Hebrew: בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת — evening twilight
• Hiligaynon: sirom — evening twilight
• Hiligaynon: hinudlaw — evening twilight
• Hindi: गोधूलि (godhūli) — evening twilight
• Hindi: झुटपुटा (jhuṭpuṭā) — evening twilight
• Hindi: सांध्य प्रकाश (sāndhya prakāś) — evening twilight
• Hindi: द्वाभा (dvābhā) — evening twilight
• Hindi: धुंधलका (dhundhalkā) — evening twilight
• Hindi: संध्या (sandhyā) — evening twilight
• Hindi: साँझ (sāñjh) — evening twilight
• Ilocano: sardam — evening twilight
• Ilocano: suripet — evening twilight
• Indonesian: senja kala — evening twilight
• Italian: crepuscolo — evening twilight
• Karachay-Balkar: ашхам къарангы (aşxam qarañı) — evening twilight
• Kazakh: қаракөлеңке (qaraköleñke) — evening twilight
• Korean: 황혼 (hwanghon) — evening twilight
• Korean: 땅거미 (ttanggeomi) — evening twilight
• Korean: 어스름 (eoseureum) — evening twilight
• Latin: crepusculum — evening twilight
• Latvian: krēsla — evening twilight
• Lithuanian: saulėlydis — evening twilight
• Luxembourgish: Dämmerung — evening twilight
• Malay: senja kala — evening twilight
• Māori: māhina — evening twilight
• Māori: ririko — evening twilight
• Maranao: merimon — evening twilight
• Navajo: hayííłką́ — evening twilight
• Old English: ǣfenglōm — evening twilight
• Pangasinan: sirom — evening twilight
• Portuguese: crepúsculo — evening twilight
• Romanian: amurg — evening twilight
• Romanian: crepuscul — evening twilight
• Russian: су́мерки (súmerki) — evening twilight
• Scottish Gaelic: ciaradh — evening twilight
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-sholas — evening twilight
• Serbo-Croatian: су̏мра̄к — evening twilight
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕmrāk — evening twilight
• Spanish: crepúsculo — evening twilight
• Tagalog: dapithapon — evening twilight
• Tagalog: takipsilim — evening twilight
• Tamil: மாலை மெல்லொளி (mālai melloḷi) — evening twilight
• Tausug: magrib — evening twilight
• Waray-Waray: sidsid — evening twilight
• Waray-Waray: salidsid — evening twilight
• Waray-Waray: sirom — evening twilight
• Welsh: cyfnos — evening twilight
• Welsh: llwydnos — evening twilight
• Afrikaans: skemerdonker — faint light; dubious medium
• Bulgarian: дрезгавина́ (drezgaviná) — faint light; dubious medium
• Finnish: hämärä — faint light; dubious medium
• Finnish: epäselvä — faint light; dubious medium
• French: pénombre — faint light; dubious medium
• French: brumes — faint light; dubious medium
• German: Zwielicht — faint light; dubious medium
• German: Halbdunkel — faint light; dubious medium
• Greek: μισοσκόταδο (misoskótado) — faint light; dubious medium
• Italian: crepuscolo — faint light; dubious medium
• Italian: penombra — faint light; dubious medium
• Japanese: 薄明かり (usuakari) — faint light; dubious medium
• Latvian: krēsla — faint light; dubious medium
• Macedonian: по́лумрак (pólumrak) — faint light; dubious medium
• Macedonian: са́мрак (sámrak) — faint light; dubious medium
• Polish: półmrok — faint light; dubious medium
• Polish: półzmrok — faint light; dubious medium
• Portuguese: penumbra — faint light; dubious medium
• Portuguese: meia-luz — faint light; dubious medium
• Romanian: crepuscul — faint light; dubious medium
• Russian: су́мерки (súmerki) — faint light; dubious medium
• Russian: су́мрак (súmrak) — faint light; dubious medium
• Russian: полумра́к (polumrák) — faint light; dubious medium
• Russian: потёмки (potjómki) — faint light; dubious medium
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏лумра̄к — faint light; dubious medium
• Serbo-Croatian: су̏мра̄к — faint light; dubious medium
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍlumrāk — faint light; dubious medium
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕmrāk — faint light; dubious medium
• Slovak: šero — faint light; dubious medium
• Spanish: penumbra — faint light; dubious medium
• Swedish: skumrask — faint light; dubious medium
• Tamil: மெல்லொளி (melloḷi) — faint light; dubious medium