demi-jour — meaning in English
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English meaning
- twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.
Senses
demi-jour is used for these senses in English:
- half-light The soft, greyish light characteristic of dawn or dusk.
- 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 — full definition
- noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.
- noun A fading or declining stage of something.
- adj Dim, faint, or suggestive of twilight.