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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026