sun

Signification (Anglais)

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”).

Concepts

soleil

🌞

soleil

🌞

Soleil

🌞

étoile fixe

ensoleillé

☀️

lumière

le soleil

lumière du soleil

bronzer

sole

dimanche

ensoleillement

hâler

jour

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sol

🌞

Sonne

🌞

sole

⭐

zon

🌞

sol

🌞

ήλιος

sol

güneş

🌞

sol

🌞

شمس

🌞

roj

🌞

tav

Sole

🌞

zonneschijn

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sʌn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sonne

Hérité de ancien anglais: sunne

Appartenant à saterlandais: Sunne

Appartenant à frison occidental: sinne

Appartenant à néerlandais: zon

Appartenant à allemand: Sonne

Appartenant à islandais: sunna

Appartenant à gallois: huan

Appartenant à sanskrit: स्वर्

Appartenant à avestique: 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.

Phrases

The sun thought for a minute .

Le soleil réfléchit une minute.

Never let the sun go down on your anger .

Ne laissez jamais le soleil se coucher sur votre colère.

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

Ils ont continué à fumer la pipe pendant un certain temps alors que le soleil commençait à se coucher.

Never let the sun set on thy wrath .

The boy awoke as the sun rose .

Le garçon s'est réveillé alors que le soleil se levait.

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

Le soleil y réfléchit et décida de briller plus brillamment.