crepuscular
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - 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.
- 1999, J. Anne Helgren, Communicating with Your Cat, →ISBN, page 51:
- 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.
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Translations
of or relating to twilight
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active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)
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Galician
Adjective
crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French crépusculaire.
Adjective
crepuscular m or n (feminine singular crepusculară, masculine plural crepusculari, feminine and neuter plural crepusculare)
Declension
Declension of crepuscular
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | crepuscular | crepusculară | crepusculari | crepusculare | ||
| definite | crepuscularul | crepusculara | crepuscularii | crepuscularele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | crepuscular | crepusculare | crepusculari | crepusculare | ||
| definite | crepuscularului | crepuscularei | crepuscularilor | crepuscularelor | |||
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculares)
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Further reading
- “crepuscular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014