sunshine

See also: Sunshine and sun-shine

English

Sunshine.

Alternative forms

• sun-shine (archaic)

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun +‎ shine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/

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• Hyphenation: sun‧shine

Noun

sunshine (usually uncountable, plural sunshines)

1. The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.

   Synonyms: sun, sunlight

   We were warmed by the bright sunshine.

   • 1976, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”, performed by Roy Ayers Ubiquity:

     Sunshine, everybody loves the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get down in the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine

2. A location on which the sun's rays fall.

   We moved out of the shade and into the sunshine.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     Out again into the sunshine by the wide mouth of the Green River, as the chart named the brook whose level stream scarce moved into the lake. A streak of blue shot up it between the banks, and a shrill pipe came back as the kingfisher hastened away.

3. (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.

   I enjoyed the sunshine of her smile.

   • 1971, Bill Withers (lyrics and music), “Ain't No Sunshine”:

     Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / Only darkness every day

4. A source of cheerfulness or joy.
   • 1972, Stevie Wonder (lyrics and music), “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”, in Talking Book:

     You are the sunshine of my life / That's why I'll always be around / You are the apple of my eye / Forever you'll stay in my heart

5. The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
6. (UK) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.

   Alright sunshine, safe to cross now.

7. (UK) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.

   OK, sunshine, listen up and listen good. There's five vandalised telephone boxes out there and I know you're responsible.

8. (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

   Good morning, sunshine!

9. (slang, uncountable, uncommon) Ellipsis of orange sunshine.

Derived terms

• barrel of sunshine
• blow sunshine up someone's ass
• blow sunshine up someone's skirt
• bucket of sunshine
• instant sunshine
• liquid sunshine
• open sunshine
• orange sunshine
• ray of sunshine
• sunshine and lollipops
• sunshine and rainbows
• Sunshine Coast
• sunshineless
• sunshine pop
• sunshine roof
• Sunshine State
• sunshine tax
• sunshine vitamin
• sunshiny
• walk on sunshine

 

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

direct rays of the sun

• Arabic: نُور الشَّمْس m (nūr aš-šams)
• Assamese: ৰ’দ (röd)
• Belarusian: со́нечнае святло́ n (sónječnaje svjatló)
• Bengali: রোদ (bn) (rōd), রইদ (bn) (roid) (Vanga), অইদ (oid) (Varendra), আফতাব (bn) (aphtab)
• Bulgarian: слъ́нчева светлина́ f (slǎ́nčeva svetliná)
• Burmese: နေရောင် (my) (neraung)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 陽光／阳光 (joeng⁴ gwong¹)

  Mandarin: 陽光／阳光 (zh) (yánggguāng)

• Czech: sluneční svit m
• Danish: solskin (da) n
• Dhivehi: އަވި (avi)
• Dutch: zonneschijn (nl) m
• Esperanto: sunbrilo
• Estonian: päikesepaiste
• Finnish: auringonpaiste (fi)
• French: soleil (fr) m, lumière du soleil f
• Galician: raxeira (gl) f, raiola (gl) f
• German: Sonnenschein (de) m
• Hebrew: שמש זורחת f (shomésh zorkhát)
• Hindi: धूप (hi) f (dhūp), सूर्यप्रकाश m (sūryaprakāś)
• Hungarian: napsütés (hu)
• Icelandic: sólskin (is) n
• Ingrian: päiväpaisse
• Irish: taitneamh na gréine m, grian (ga) f, dealramh gréine m, solas na gréine m
• Italian: luce del sole m
• Japanese: 日光 (ja) (にっこう, nikkō), 太陽の光 (たいようのひかり, taiyō no hikari)
• Khmer: ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ (pŭənlɨɨ thngay), សុរិយោទ័យ (soreyaotɨy)
• Korean: 햇빛 (ko) (haetbit), 햇살 (ko) (haetsal)
• Lao: ແດດ (dǣt)
• Luxembourgish: Sonneschäin m
• Macedonian: сончева светлина f (sončeva svetlina)
• Malayalam: വെയിൽ (ml) (veyil)
• Maori: hihirā
• Navajo: shą́ą́ʼ, sháńdíín
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solskinn (no) n

  Nynorsk: solskin n

• Old English: sunnan sċīma m
• Ottoman Turkish: گونش (güneş)
• Persian: نور آفتاب (nur-e âftâb)
• Plautdietsch: Sonnenschien m
• Polish: światło słoneczne n
• Portuguese: luz do sol f, luz solar
• Romanian: soare (ro) m, lumina soarelui f
• Russian: со́лнечный свет m (sólnečnyj svet), со́лнце (ru) n (sólnce)
• Sanskrit: आतप (sa) (ātapa)
• Scots: sunsheen
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сунчева светлост f, сунчева свјетлост f

  Roman: sunčeva svetlost f, sunčeva svjetlost f

• Slovak: slnečný svit m
• Slovene: sončna svetloba f
• Spanish: sol (es) m, luz del sol f
• Swedish: solsken (sv) n
• Tajik: нури офтоб (nuri oftob)
• Tamil: வெயில் (ta) (veyil)
• Thai: แดด (th) (dɛ̀ɛt), แสงอาทิตย์ (sɛ̌ɛng-aa-tít)
• Turkish: güneş ışığı (tr), güneş (tr)
• Ukrainian: со́нячне світло́ n (sónjačne svitló)
• Vietnamese: nắng (vi), ánh nắng, ánh sáng mặt trời
• Welsh: heulwen (cy) f

location on which the sun's rays fall

• Bulgarian: слънчево място (slǎnčevo mjasto)
• Danish: solskin (da) n
• Dutch: zon (nl) f
• Finnish: auringonpaiste (fi), aurinko (fi)
• Galician: raxeira (gl) f
• German: Sonnenschein (de) m
• Hungarian: nap (hu), napfény (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sol (no) m, solskinn (no) n

• Old Turkic: 𐰛𐰈𐰤𐰾 (küneš)
• Ottoman Turkish: كونش (güneş)
• Polish: słońce (pl) n (informal)
• Portuguese: sol (pt) m
• Swedish: solsken (sv) n
• Turkish: güneş (tr)

cheerfulness

• Bulgarian: радост (bg) f (radost), светлина (bg) f (svetlina)
• Finnish: aurinkoisuus (fi)
• Portuguese: alegria (pt) f

source of cheerfulness or joy

• Finnish: auringonpaiste (fi)

effect of the sun

• Finnish: auringonpaiste (fi)
• Turkish: güneş (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: (for sunlight) ^{(please verify)} 햇빛 (ko) (haetbit), (for warmth) ^{(please verify)} 햇볕 (ko) (haetbyeot)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఎండ (te) (eṇḍa), ^{(please verify)} సూర్యరశ్మి (te) (sūryaraśmi)

Adjective

sunshine (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

   Because of the sunshine law, we could go to the planning meeting.

Derived terms

permitting public access

• sunshine agenda
• sunshine law

Translations

permitting public access

Further reading

• sunshine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia