different between crepusculum vs crepuscule

English

Etymology

From Latin crepusculum.

Noun

crepusculum (uncountable)

1. crepuscule; twilight; dusk

Synonyms

• cockshut, mirkning, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk

Related terms

• crepuscular

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “crepusculum”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From creper (“dusky, dark”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kre?pus.ku.lum/, [k???p?s?k??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kre?pus.ku.lum/, [k???puskulum]

Noun

crepusculum n (genitive crepuscul?); second declension

1. twilight, evening, dusk
2. darkness

Usage notes

In Medieval use (e.g., Bede), sometimes conceived as a particular period of evening lasting from sunset to vespers, the darker period of twilight when Venus and the stars began to appear.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• creper
• creperum

Descendants

References

• crepusculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crepusculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crepusculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• crepusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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