tenebrae

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-1, feminine, plural) darkness, especially the darkness of night
2. (declension-1, feminine, plural, poetic) shadow of death
3. (declension-1, feminine, plural) prison, dungeon
4. (broadly, declension-1, feminine, plural) gloom or darkness of the mind
5. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, plural) pervasive artistic, cultural, intellectual, moral, or spiritual benightedness

Teenoorgestelde van

lūx

Sinonieme

caligo

🌫️

nox

🌃

obscuritas

umbra

tenebrositas

nocturna tempora

Vertalings

oscuridad

obscurité

escuridão

ténèbres

darkness

oscurità

trevas

Finsternis

Dunkelheit

foscor

noirceur

buio

karanlık

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈtɛ.nɛ.brae̯]

Etimologie (Engels)

With regressive dissimilation (*m-b > n-b) from *temabrāi, nominalized feminine plural from Proto-Italic *temazros (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *temH-(e)s-ro-, from *temH-. Related to temere.