crepuscular

English

WOTD – 27 April 2007

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)

  1. Of or resembling twilight; dim.
    Synonym: twilightish
  2. (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

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kɾə.pus.kuˈlar]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [kɾə.pus.kuˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)

  1. crepuscular

Galician

Adjective

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)

  1. crepuscular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾe.pus.kuˈlaʁ/ [kɾe.pus.kuˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kɾe.puʃ.kuˈlaʁ/ [kɾe.puʃ.kuˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɨ.puʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɨ.puʃ.kuˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)

  1. crepuscular

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crépusculaire.

Adjective

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

  1. crepuscular

Declension

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)

  1. crepuscular

Further reading

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