dusk
Betekenis (Engels)
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Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Sinonieme
late afternoon
owl-light
faint light
evening twilight
get late
obnubilate
toward evening
twilight scene
lamp-lighting time
lighting-up time
poor light
six o’clock in the evening
the beginning of night
nightfull
grow dusky
blind man’s holiday
early evening
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dʌsk/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more).
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