English Explanatory Dictionary

sunset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
  2. The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
  3. The final period of the life of a person or thing.
  4. A set termination date.
  5. The region where the sun sets; the west.
verb
  1. To phase out.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ en-us-sunset.ogg

Word forms

sunset sunsets sunsetting sunsetted

Etymology

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

Synonyms

dusk sundown nightfall twilight last terminal end final act swansong

Antonyms

sunrise

Related words

moonset

Derived words

Harlem sunset Murray-sunset postsunset ride off into the sunset Sunset Beach sunset clause sunset crop sunset flip sunset industry sunset law sunsetlike sunset moth sunset orange Sunset Park sunset prayer sunset provision sunset shell Sunset Strip sunset town sunsetty sunset years

Translations

Abkhaz: аҭашәара́ Abkhaz: аӡа́алара Afrikaans: sonsondergang Albanian: perëndim Southern Altai: ажар Arabic: غُرُوب Arabic: مَغْرِب Armenian: մայրամուտ Armenian: արևամուտ Avar: тӏерхьин Basque: arrats Basque: ilunabar Basque: iluntze Basque: ilunsenti Basque: eguzki-sarte Belarusian: за́хад со́нца Bengali: সূর্যাস্ত Bengali: মাগরিব Central Bikol: pagsulnop Bulgarian: залез Catalan: posta de sol Catalan: ocàs Cherokee: ᏭᏕᎵᎬ Chinese Mandarin: 日落 Czech: západ slunce Danish: solnedgang Dutch: zonsondergang Elfdalian: suolniðgaungg Esperanto: sunsubiro Esperanto: sunfalo Estonian: päikeseloojang Estonian: päikeseloojak Faroese: sólsetur Finnish: auringonlasku Finnish: illansuu French: coucher de soleil Galician: posta de sol Galician: solpor Georgian: მზის ჩასვლა Georgian: დაისი German: Sonnenuntergang Old High German: sunnūn sedalgang Greek: δύση Greek: ηλιοβασίλεμα Greenlandic: seqerngup tarrinnera Hebrew: שקיעה Hindi: सूर्यास्त Hungarian: naplemente Hungarian: napnyugta Icelandic: sólsetur Icelandic: sólarlag Icelandic: sólfall Ido: sunokusho Indonesian: matahari terbenam Indonesian: mentari benam Indonesian: mentari masuk Ingrian: päivänlasku Italian: tramonto Italian: crepuscolo Italian: occaso Japanese: 日没 Japanese: 日の入り Korean: 해넘이 Korean: 황혼 Korean: 일락
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