crepuscular
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/
(US) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
=== Adjective ===
crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)
Of or resembling twilight; dim.
Synonym: twilightish
(zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin crepusculum + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kɾə.pus.kuˈlar]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [kɾə.pus.kuˈla]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kɾe.pus.kuˈlar]
=== Adjective ===
crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)
crepuscular
==== Related terms ====
crepuscle
=== Further reading ===
“crepuscular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
== Galician ==
=== Adjective ===
crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)
crepuscular
==== Related terms ====
crepúsculo
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)
crepuscular
==== Related terms ====
crepúsculo
=== Further reading ===
“crepuscular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“crepuscular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French crépusculaire.
=== Adjective ===
crepuscular m or n (feminine singular crepusculară, masculine plural crepusculari, feminine/neuter plural crepusculare)
crepuscular
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
crepuscul
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kɾepuskuˈlaɾ/ [kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cre‧pus‧cu‧lar
=== Adjective ===
crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculares)
crepuscular
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=== Further reading ===
“crepuscular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025