twilight

crépuscule

Moment juste avant le lever du soleil ou après son coucher, quand le ciel est à moitié sombre.

En anglais simple : The time just before sunrise or after sunset when the sky is partly dark.

• We went for a walk at twilight.
• It was twilight when they reached the village.
• The birds stayed active until twilight.

Synonymes : dusk

Expressions courantes : at twilight, until twilight

lueur crépusculaire, demi-jour

Faible lumière du ciel juste avant le lever du soleil ou après son coucher.

En anglais simple : The weak light in the sky just before the sun rises or after it sets.

• The hills glowed in the twilight.
• Soft twilight filled the empty garden.
• We could barely see the path in the fading twilight.

Synonymes : half-light

Expressions courantes : fading twilight, in the twilight

crépuscule, déclin

Période où une vie, une carrière ou une situation touche à sa fin ou perd de sa force.

En anglais simple : A period when a life, career, or situation is ending or losing its strength.

• She enjoyed her twilight years.
• The empire was entering its twilight.
• He found new purpose in the twilight of his life.

Comment l'utiliser : the twilight of something (He wrote this book in the twilight of his career.)

Synonymes : decline

Contraires : dawn

Expressions courantes : twilight years, twilight of something