iltahämärä — meaning in English

English meaning

• dusk noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
• gloaming noun The soft, dim light of early morning or, more often, evening; dusk.
• nightfall noun The time when day turns to night; dusk.
• twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

iltahämärä is used for these senses in English:

• dusk The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
• gloaming Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
• nightfall The close of the day; the coming of night.
• twilight The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
• twilight The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
• twilight Any faint light through which something is seen.

dusk — full definition

1. noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
2. adj Dim or somewhat dark in color or light.
3. verb To grow dim or dark, or to make something so.

gloaming — full definition

1. noun The soft, dim light of early morning or, more often, evening; dusk.
2. noun (dialect) A sullen, gloomy mood.

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