sunset

coucher de soleil

Moment du soir où le soleil disparaît sous l’horizon.

En anglais simple : The time in the evening when the sun disappears below the line where land or sea meets sky.

• We walked home at sunset.
• The sunset turned the clouds pink.
• Have you seen the sunsets from this beach?

Synonymes : sundown

Contraires : sunrise

Expressions courantes : at sunset, watch the sunset, beautiful sunset

crépuscule

Dernière période de la vie d’une personne ou de l’existence de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The last part of someone's life or of something's existence.

• He enjoyed his sunset years by the sea.
• She found peace in the sunset of her life.
• The book describes the sunset of a once powerful empire.

Synonymes : decline

Expressions courantes : sunset years, sunset of life

date d’expiration

Date prévue à laquelle une loi, une règle ou un accord cesse de s’appliquer sans renouvellement.

En anglais simple : A fixed date when a law, rule, or arrangement stops applying unless it is renewed.

• The law includes a sunset clause.
• They set a sunset of five years for the agreement.
• The tax exemption has a sunset provision requiring renewal.

Synonymes : expiry date, expiration date

Expressions courantes : sunset clause, sunset provision, statutory sunset

supprimer progressivement, retirer

Cesser progressivement de proposer ou d’utiliser un produit, un service ou un système.

En anglais simple : To gradually stop providing or using a product, service, or system.

• We plan to sunset this service.
• The company sunsetted its oldest software last year.
• They are sunsetting the platform as customers move to its replacement.

Synonymes : phase out, discontinue, retire

Expressions courantes : sunset a product, sunset a service, sunset old software