gloaming

n.

Twilight; dusk.

[Middle English gloming, from Old English glōmung, alteration (probably influenced by æfnung, evening) of glōm, dusk.]

noun

The period between afternoon and nighttime: dusk, eve, evening, eventide, nightfall, twilight. Archaic even², vesper. See start/end.

IN BRIEF: Twilight or dusk.

Lights began blinking on in the gloaming as the day ended.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tusmørke, skumring, mørkning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(avond)schemering

Français (French)
n. - crépuscule

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abenddämmerung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δειλινό, σούρουπο, μούχρωμα

Italiano (Italian)
crepuscolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - crepúsculo (m)

Русский (Russian)
сумерки

Español (Spanish)
n. - anochecer, crepúsculo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skymning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
黄昏, 薄暮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黃昏, 薄暮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 황혼

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 夕暮れ, 黄昏

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الغسق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דמדומי-ערב‬

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