anticrepuscolo

Italian

Etymology

From anti- +‎ crepuscolo (“twilight, dusk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ti.kreˈpus.ko.lo/
  • Rhymes: -uskolo
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧cre‧pù‧sco‧lo

Noun

anticrepuscolo m (uncountable)

  1. an optical phenomenon, sometimes occurring at dusk, consisting in coloured/colored stripes running parallel to the horizon

Further reading

  • anticrepuscolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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