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Image:Sunset may 2006 panorama.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A sunset (changes in color of the sky).
Etymology
In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.<ref>Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988</ref> Compound of sun + set.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sunset.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
- figuratively The final period of the life or a person or thing.
- (attributively) Of or relating to the final period of the life of a person or thing.
#:one's sunset years
Synonyms
sense|time dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight
sense|change in color of the sky at sunset
sense|final period of life end, final act, swansong
sense|attributively: of or relating to the final period of life last, terminal, twilight
Antonyms
sunrise
Translations
trans-top|time of day
Arabic: ARchar|�غرب
Czech: západ m
Dutch: zonsondergang m
Finnish: auringonlasku
French: coucher de soleil m
German: Sonnenuntergang m
Greek: δÏ�Ï�η (dÃsi) f
Hungarian: t|hu|naplemente, t|hu|napnyugta
Icelandic: sólsetur n, sólarlag n
Italian: tramonto m
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Japanese: �没 (����, nichibotsu)
Korean: ��� (haeneomI), �� (��, hwanghon)
Latvian: saulriets m
Norwegian: solnedgang m
Portuguese: crepúsculo m, pôr-do-sol m
Russian: за�од �олн�а (zahod solnca) m, зака� (zakat) m, (ве�е�ний|ве�е�н��) за�� ((vechern'aya) zar'a) f
Serbian: zalazak sunca
Spanish: puesta del sol f
Swedish: solnedgång c
Welsh: machlud haul
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trans-top|changes in color of sky at sunset
Arabic: ARchar|غر�ب ا�ش�س unicode|(�urú:b aš-šams) m
Dutch: zonsondergang m
Finnish: iltarusko
French: crépuscule m
German: Sonnenuntergang m
Hungarian: t|hu|alkonypÃr
Icelandic: sólsetur n, sólarlag n
Italian: tramonto m
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (yūgure)
Korean: ì �ë��ë�� (jeonyeog-nol), í�©í�¼ (é»�æ��, hwanghon)
Kurdish: KUchar|��� ئا�ا
Russian: за�од �олн�а (zahod solnca) m, зака� (zakat) m, (ве�е�ний|ве�е�н��) за�� ((vechern'aya) zar'a) f
Serbian: zalaz, zalazak sunca, zalaznica
Swedish: solnedgång c
Welsh: machlud haul
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trans-top|final period of life
Finnish: auringonlasku, iltarusko
French: crépuscule m
Greek: δÏ�Ï�η (dÃsi) f
Hungarian: t|hu|alkony
Icelandic: sólsetur n
Italian: tramonto m
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (tasogare)
Korean: �� (��, hwanghon)
Portuguese: crepúsculo m
Russian: зака� (zakat) m
Welsh: machlud haul
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trans-top|attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
Finnish: iltarusko|iltaruskon
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Hungarian: t|hu|alkony
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ttbc|Albanian: perëndimi i diellit
ttbc|Chinese: �� (rìluò)
ttbc|Lithuanian: saul�lydis m (1, 3); žara f (2)
ttbc|Old English: sunnansetlgang m
ttbc|Polish: zachód s�o�ca m (1), zmierzch m (2,3)
ttbc|Romanian: apus n
ttbc|Telugu: స�ర�యాస�తమయ� (sooryaastamayaM)
ttbc|Welsh: machlud
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See also
moonset
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