су́мрак — meaning in English

English meaning

• night noun The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, when the sun is below the horizon.
• twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

су́мрак is used for these senses in English:

• night (uncountable) Nightfall.
• 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 Any faint light through which something is seen.

night — full definition

1. noun The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, when the sun is below the horizon.
2. noun An evening set aside for a particular activity or event.

twilight — full definition

1. noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.
2. noun A fading or declining stage of something.
3. adj Dim, faint, or suggestive of twilight.

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