sun

Significado (Inglês)

Name

The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.

Noun

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

Verb

1. To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
2. To warm or dry in the sunshine.
3. To be exposed to the sun.
4. 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”)

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sʌn/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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 (svar), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

Frases

The sun thought for a minute .

O sol pensou por um minuto.

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

O sol pensou sobre isso e decidiu brilhar mais.

The sun shines on both sides of the hedge .

O sol brilha nos dois lados da cerca.