sun

Significat (Anglès)

Name

The star that Earth revolves around, and from which it receives light and heat.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
2. (countable, uncountable) The light and heat which are received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
4. (literary, uncountable) Sunrise or sunset.
5. (countable, uncountable) A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
6. (countable, uncountable) A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
7. (countable, uncountable) The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
8. (countable, uncountable) The thirty-first Lenormand card.

Verb

1. (transitive) To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.
2. (transitive) To warm or dry in the sunshine.
3. (intransitive) To be exposed to the sun.
4. (intransitive) To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

Noun

A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).

Noun

Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”).

Conceptes

sol

Sol

llum del sol

prendre el sol

assolellar

assolellar-se

Sinònims

day

Sun

🌞

solar

sunlight

sunshine

dry

glow

dry in the sun

expose to the sun

clock

sunbathe

insolate

watch

⌚

moon

🌔

sol

star

⭐

hot

🥵

of the sun

fixed star

take a sunbath

solarise

air

day-star

heat of the sun

expose

dry in the air

solair

expose to the wind

have some fresh air

take an airing

solarize

put out in the sun

solar disk

light

sun-

daylight

bask in the sunshine

bask in the sun

bask

sun in splendour

belittle

bright

brilliance

brilliant

daytime

despise

fire

🔥

fit for

glory

god

Traduccions

soleil

🌞

sol

🌞

Sonne

🌞

sole

⭐

zon

🌞

sol

🌞

ήλιος

güneş

🌞

sol

🌞

شمس

🌞

tav

roj

🌞

Soleil

🌞

solelh

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sʌn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sonne

Heretat de anglès antic: sunne

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Sunne

Cognat amb frisó occidental: sinne

Cognat amb neerlandès: zon

Cognat amb alemany: Sonne

Cognat amb islandès: sunna

Cognat amb gal·lès: huan

Cognat amb sànscrit: स्वर्

Cognat amb avèstic: 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔

In summary

From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर् (svàr), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

Frases

The sun thought for a minute .

Never let the sun go down on your anger .

They went on smoking the pipe for a while as the sun began to set .

Never let the sun set on thy wrath .

The boy awoke as the sun rose .

The sun thought about that , and decided to shine more brightly .