crépuscule
French, noun/kʁe.pys.kyl/
crépuscule is spelled C-R-É-P-U-S-C-U-L-E (10 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crépuscule is a French masculine noun meaning “dusk, evening twilight (time of day between sunset and darkness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lumière incertaine ou faible qui reste après le coucher de soleil jusqu’à ce que la nuit soit entièrement…”.
What does crépuscule mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedusk, evening twilight (time of day between sunset and darkness)
- 2
masculinetwilight (of the morning or the evening)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lumière incertaine ou faible qui reste après le coucher de soleil jusqu’à ce que la nuit soit entièrement tombée. 2. Lumière qui précède le lever du soleil et qu’on appelle plus ordinairement aube ou aurore. 3. Ce qui décline, ce qui est près de disparaître.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of crépuscule
- crépuscules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crépuscule?
- /kʁe.pys.kyl/
- \kʁe.pys.kyl\
- [kʁe.pys.kyl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crépuscule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crépuscule in French?
crépuscule appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).