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Crepuscular


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English[edit]

WOTD – 27 April 2007
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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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[1], →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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Catalan[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculars)

  1. crepuscular

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Galician[edit]

Adjective[edit]

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares)

  1. crepuscular

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Adjective[edit]

crepuscular m or f (plural crepusculares, not comparable)

  1. crepuscular

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French crépusculaire.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. crepuscular

Declension[edit]

Declension of crepuscular
singular plural
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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɾepuskuˈlaɾ/ [kɾe.pus.kuˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cre‧pus‧cu‧lar

Adjective[edit]

crepuscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural crepusculares)

  1. crepuscular

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