sunset

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
2. (countable, uncountable) The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
4. (attributive, countable, uncountable) A set termination date.
5. (countable, uncountable) The region where the sun sets; the west.

Verb

To phase out.

Concepten

zonsondergang

avond

🌆

avondschemering

halfdonker

schemer

schemerdonker

schemering

schemerlicht

avondrood

Synoniemen

dusk

sundown

evening

🌆

nightfall

twilight

gloaming

west

candlelight

afterglow

set

setting

decline

the sun sets

setting sun

not

🚫

red sky

sunset-light

evening red

sun

🌞

daybreak

sunrise

🌅

tonight

dawn

crepuscule

year-end

sunset glow

year end

evening glow

gloam

purple light

declining sun

crepusculum

end

🔚

dinnertime

eat

🍽️

night

🌃

night-time

Vertalingen

Sonnenuntergang

tramonto

coucher du soleil

coucher de soleil

crépuscule

δύση

crepúsculo

puesta del sol

pôr-do-sol

ocaso

ocaso

ηλιοβασίλεμα

Abendrot

Abend

🌆

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: son-sett

In summary

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.