sunset
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sunset
- /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
Rhymes with -ʌnsɛt
Where it comes from
From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.
noun sunsets
- The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon. at sunset
- The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
- The final period of the life of a person or thing. one's sunset years
- A set termination date. The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
Similar: dusk, sundown, nightfall, twilight, last, terminal · Opposite: sunrise
verb sunsets · sunsetting · sunsetted
- To phase out. We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sundown, last, old, sunsetting, dusk, night, sunrise, dawn, evening, nightfall, horizon, sunshine, sun, sunlight, twilight, quenching
Translations
Every language
noun time of day
| Español | puesta del sol, puesta de sol, puesta solar, ocaso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 해넘이 haeneomi, 황혼 hwanghon, 일락 illak |
| 日本語 | 日没 nichibotsu, 日の入り hinoiri |
| 中文 | 日落 rìluò |
| हिन्दी | सूर्यास्त sūryāst |
| Kiswahili | machweo |
| Português | crepúsculo, pôr-do-sol, pôr do sol, poente, ocaso, sol-pôr |
| Français | coucher de soleil |
| Deutsch | Sonnenuntergang |
| Italiano | tramonto, crepuscolo, occaso |
| Ελληνικά | δύση dýsi, ηλιοβασίλεμα iliovasílema |
| Română | apus, asfințire, crepuscul |
| Русский | захо́д со́лнца zaxód sólnca, зака́т zakát, заря́ zarjá, захо́д zaxód |
| Tiếng Việt | hoàng hôn |
| العربية | غُرُوب ḡurūb, مَغْرِب maḡrib |
| עברית | שקיעה shkiá |
noun changes in color of sky at sunset
| Español | puesta del sol, puesta de sol, puesta solar, ocaso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 저녁놀 jeonyeongnol, 황혼 hwanghon |
| 日本語 | 夕焼け yūyake, 黄昏 tasogare |
| 中文 | 黃昏 /黄昏 huánghūn |
| Português | crepúsculo, pôr do sol |
| Français | crépuscule |
| Deutsch | Sonnenuntergang, Abendrot |
| Italiano | tramonto, crepuscolo |
| Română | apus, crepuscul |
| Русский | захо́д со́лнца zaxód sólnca, зака́т zakát, заря́ |
| العربية | غُرُوب اَلشَّمْس ḡurūb aš-šams |
| עברית | שקיעה shkiá |
noun final period of life
| Español | ocaso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황혼 hwanghon |
| 日本語 | 黄昏 tasogare |
| Português | crepúsculo |
| Français | crépuscule |
| Deutsch | Lebensabend |
| Italiano | tramonto |
| Ελληνικά | δύση dýsi |
| Română | declin, apus |
| Русский | зака́т zakát |
| العربية | خَاتِمَة ḵātima, قَيَامَة qayāma |
noun attributively: of or relating to the final period of life
| العربية | خِتَامِي ḵitāmī |
|---|
verb phase out
| 中文 | 淘汰 táotài |
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Talk about this word "sunset." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sunset. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sunset. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sunset "sunset." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sunset.Cite this
@misc{sunset_2026,
title = {sunset},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sunset},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
