What does crépuscule in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word crépuscule in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use crépuscule in French.

The word crépuscule in French means twilight, dusk, twilight, at dusk, at twilight, in the twilight of , at the twilight of. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word crépuscule

twilight

nom masculin (tombée de la nuit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les pipistrelles sortent au crépuscule.
Pipistrelle bats come out at twilight.

dusk

nom masculin (lumière de la fin du jour)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le crépuscule est superbe en été.
Dusk is superb in summertime.

twilight

nom masculin (figuré, littéraire (fin) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À 85 ans, le vieil homme était au crépuscule de sa vie.
At the age of 85, the old man was in the twilight of his life.

at dusk, at twilight

locution adverbiale (à la tombée du jour)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

in the twilight of , at the twilight of

(figuré, littéraire (à la fin) (figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. He is an old man and in the twilight of his life.

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