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*: Hebrew: {{t|lad|סול|m}}
*: Latin: {{t|lad|sol|m}}
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Revision as of 03:18, 24 January 2016

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"

English

Alternative forms

The sun
The Sun photographed by Skylab 4.
  • (proper noun, star which the Earth revolves around): (capitalized) Sun

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

the Sun

  1. The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.[1]
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Usage notes
  • The Sun is traditionally regarded as masculine.

Translations

Noun

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. (figurative) 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]
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      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.
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Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.[2]
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    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]
  4. (intransitive, alternative medicine) To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

Translations

See also

Template:mid2

External links

References

  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

Anagrams

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

sun

  1. trunk (of tree)
Usage notes

Often used in a compound with the name of a tree to indicate that kind of tree.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ)

Noun

sun

  1. fasting (during the month of Ramadan)

Noun

sun

  1. to fast

Finnish

Etymology 1

Conjunction

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

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

Pronoun

sun

  1. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) genitive of sä

Friulian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sonus.

Noun

sun m (plural suns)

  1. sound
  2. music

Synonyms

Related terms

Inari Sami

Pronoun

sun

  1. (personal) he or she

Kaingang

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)
FWOTD – 12 May 2013

Pronunciation

Verb

sun

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

References

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

Ladin

Preposition

sun

  1. on, over
  2. in

Verb

sun

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of son

Lojban

Rafsi

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  1. Rafsi of stuna.

Mandarin

Romanization

sun

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of sūn.
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of sǔn.
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of sùn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

North Frisian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian sand, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *samdaz. Cognates include West Frisian sân.

Noun

sun n (plural sun)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) sand

Derived terms

Old Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse sonr, sunr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *sunuz.

Noun

sun m (nominative plural synær)

  1. son

Descendants

Quiripi

Noun

sun

  1. (Unquachog) stone

References

Romanian

Etymology 1

Verb

sun

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of suna.
  2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present subjunctive of suna.

Etymology 2

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sonus, or from the verb suna.

Noun

sun n (plural sunuri)

  1. (archaic) sound
Synonyms

Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sun (plural suns)

  1. sun

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

sun

  1. (intransitive) to shrink
  2. (transitive) to pull together
    sun vai
    to pull one’s shoulders together

References

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