sunshine

See also: Sunshine

English

Sunshine

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine. Compound of 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.

   We were warmed by the bright 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. Geniality or cheerfulness.

   I enjoyed the sunshine of her smile.

4. A source of cheerfulness or joy.
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!

Synonyms

• (light from the sun): sunlight

Derived terms

• barrel of sunshine
• bucket of sunshine
• liquid sunshine
• open sunshine
• orange sunshine
• ray of sunshine
• sunshine and rainbows
• Sunshine Coast
• sunshineless
• sunshine pop
• Sunshine State
• sunshine vitamin
• sunshiney
• walk on sunshine

 

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

direct rays of the sun

• Assamese: ৰ’দ (röd)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 陽光／阳光 (joeng⁴ gwong¹), 阳光 (joeng⁴ gwong¹)

  Mandarin: 陽光／阳光 (zh) (yángguāng), 阳光 (zh) (yánggguāng)

• Danish: solskin (da) n
• 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 (shomésh zorchát)
• Hindi: धूप (hi) (dhūp), सूर्यप्रकाश (sūryaprakāś)
• Hungarian: napsütés (hu)
• Icelandic: sólskin (is)
• 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 (pʊənlɨɨ tŋay), សុរិយោទ័យ (so’re’yaotey)
• Korean: 햇빛 (ko) (haetbit), 햇살 (ko) (haetsal)
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• Lao: ແດດ (dǣt)
• Luxembourgish: Sonneschäin m
• Maori: hihirā
• Navajo: shą́ą́ʼ, sháńdíín
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solskinn (no) n

  Nynorsk: solskin n

• Old English: sunnan sċīma m
• Ottoman Turkish: كونش (güneş)
• Portuguese: luz do sol f, luz solar
• Romanian: soare (ro) m, lumina soarelui f
• Russian: со́лнечный свет m (sólnečnyj svet), со́лнце (ru) n (sólnce) (л is silent)
• Sanskrit: आतप (sa) (ātapa)
• Spanish: sol (es) m, luz del sol f
• Swedish: solsken (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠞꠂꠖ (roid)
• Thai: แดด (th) (dɛ̀ɛt)
• Turkish: Güneş Işını, güneş (tr)
• Vietnamese: nắng (vi)
• Welsh: heulwen (cy) f

location on which the sun's rays fall

• Danish: solskin (da) n
• 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

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

cheerfulness

• Finnish: aurinkoisuus (fi)
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• Portuguese: alegria (pt) f

source of cheerfulness or joy

• Finnish: auringonpaiste (fi)
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effect of the sun

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

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: (for sunlight) ^{(please verify)} 햇빛 (ko) (haetbit), (for warmth) ^{(please verify)} 햇볕 (ko) (haetbyeot)
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• 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

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