different between crepuscular vs crepuscule

English

Etymology

From Latin crepusculum +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???p?skj?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???p?skj?l??/

Adjective

crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)

1. Of or resembling twilight; dim.
2. (zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
   • 1999, J. Anne Helgren, Communicating with Your Cat, page 51, ?ISBN

     That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.

Synonyms

• twilightish

Coordinate terms

• diurnal
• nocturnal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

crepuscular (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)

1. crepuscular

Related terms

• crepuscle

Galician

Adjective

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)

1. crepuscular

Related terms

• crepúsculo

Portuguese

Adjective

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)

1. crepuscular

Related terms

• crepúsculo

Romanian

Etymology

From French crépusculaire.

Adjective

crepuscular m or n (feminine singular crepuscular?, masculine plural crepusculari, feminine and neuter plural crepusculare)

1. crepuscular

Declension

Related terms

• crepuscul

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?epusku?la?/, [k?e.pus.ku?la?]

Adjective

crepuscular (plural crepusculares)

1. crepuscular

Related terms

• crepúsculo

Further reading

• “crepuscular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• crepuscle

Etymology

From Middle French crepuscule, from Latin crepusculum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??p?skju?l/

Noun

crepuscule (plural crepuscules)

1. (now rare) Twilight.

Synonyms

• blue hour, gloaming; see also Thesaurus:twilight

Related terms

• crepuscular

Translations

See also

• smokefall
• crepusculum