sun

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English [edit]

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Alternative forms [edit]

The sun
  • (proper noun, star which the Earth revolves around): (capitalized) Sun

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (compare West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén 'sun' (compare Welsh huan, Avestan genitive  (xᵛə̄ṇg)), oblique of *sóh₂wl̥. More at solar.

Pronunciation [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

the sun

  1. The star which the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.[1]

Translations [edit]

the star around which the Earth revolves

Noun [edit]

sun (plural suns)

  1. (astronomy) A star,[1] especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  2. The light and warmth which is received from the sun.[1]
    • Shakespeare
      Lambs that did frisk in the sun.
  3. Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.[2]
    • Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
      For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
    • Eikon Basilike
      I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.
  4. (chiefly literary) Sunrise or sunset.[2]
    • 1609-11, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act III, Scene 2:
      Imogen: […] Pr'ythee, speak, / How many score of miles may we well ride / 'Twixt hour and hour / Pisanio: One score, 'twixt sun and sun, / Madam, 's enough for you; and too much too. / Imogen: Why, one that rode to his execution, man, / Could never go so slow.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, published 1832, page 184:
      whilst many an hunger-starved poor creature pines in the street, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from sun to sun, sick and ill, weary, full of pain and grief, is in great distress and sorrow of heart.
    • 1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, published 1873, page 357:
      I love these sons of earth every mother's son of them, with their great hearty hearts rushing tumultuously in herds from spectacle to spectacle, as if fearful lest there should not be time between sun and sun to see them all, and the sun does not wait more than in haying-time.
    • 1962, Harry S. Truman, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, page 651:
      You see, the President has five jobs, any one of which would be more than a full-time job for one man; but I have to do all five of them between sun and sun.
    • 1997, Alan Dean Foster, Howling Stones, page 149:
      “Tomorrow at first sun.” Not being much of a morning person, she winced internally. “First sun?” “It is the proper time, when the flowers of the pohoroh first open to the light.”

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from the noun sun

Translations [edit]

any star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system
light and warmth received from the sun
something like the sun in brightness or splendor
sunrise or sunset
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Verb [edit]

sun (third-person singular simple present suns, present participle sunning, simple past and past participle sunned)

  1. (transitive) To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.[2]
    Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.
  2. (transitive) To warm or dry in the sunshine.[2]
  3. (intransitive) To be exposed to the sun.[1]

Translations [edit]

to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun
to warm or dry in the sunshine
to be exposed to the sun

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1998
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, 2001

Statistics [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Finnish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

sun

  1. (coordinating) A coordinating conjunction expressing generality
    En nyt jouda, kun tässä on sitä sun tätä tekemistä.
    I don't have time for that because I have this and that to do (miscellaneous stuff/things to do).
    Lautanen oli täynnä makaroonilaatikkoa, makkaraa, salaattia, perunamuussia sun muuta pöperöä.
    The plate was full of macaroni casserole, sausage, salad, mashed potatoes and other grub.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From the standard language form sinun (“your, yours”)

Pronoun [edit]

sun

  1. (colloquial) Genitive form of sä.

Inari Sami [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

sun

  1. (personal) he or she

Kaingang [edit]

FWOTD - 12 May 2013

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈʃudn/

Verb [edit]

sun

  1. to warm oneself by staying near a fire[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ “sun” in Editora Esperança, Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann, 2nd edition, 2011, page 83.

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

sun

  1. rafsi of stuna.

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

sun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sǔn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of sùn.

Usage notes [edit]

  • English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Romanian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Verb [edit]

sun

  1. first-person singular present tense form of suna.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of suna.

Etymology 2 [edit]

Probably from Latin sonus, or from the verb suna.

Noun [edit]

sun n (plural sunuri)

  1. (archaic) sound
Synonyms [edit]

Scots [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *séh₂wl, genitive *sh₂uln-ós (“of the sun”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /sʌn/, /sɪn/

Noun [edit]

sun (plural suns)

  1. sun

Derived terms [edit]

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