anticrepuscolo

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Italian

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ crepuscolo (twilight, dusk).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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anticrepuscolo m (uncountable)

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

Further reading

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