sunburn

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
2. (countable, uncountable) A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) Suntan.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To receive a sunburn.
2. (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.

Concepts

coup de soleil

brûler

coup

hâle

actinite

bronzer

érythème actinique

brûlure

Synonymes

tan

burn

suntan

erythema solare

heliosis

sear

blow

sun-tan

tawniness

combust

embrown

strike out

brown

die

💀

fry

Traductions

Sonnenbrand

abbronzatura

queimadura solar

ηλιακό έγκαυμα

ηλιόκαμα

güneş yanığı

quemadura del sol

tintarella

zonnebrand

quemadura solar

colrar-se

ηλιοκαίω

μαύρισμα

embrunir-se

cremada

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsʌnbɝn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: *sunne burnen

Appartenant à frison occidental: sinnebrân

Appartenant à néerlandais: zonnebrand

Appartenant à allemand: Sonnenbrand

Appartenant à suédois: solbränna

Appartenant à islandais: sólbruni

In summary

From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).