sun
A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar systemA star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
» The sun is about to rise.
Bald wird die Sonne aufgehen.
Солнце вот-вот взойдёт.
Солнце сейчас встанет.
Сонце ось-ось зійде.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
Sonne
со́лнцеsólnce
со́нцеsónce
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
(countable, uncountable)The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight.
I have been broiling in the sun all morning.
со́лнцеsólnce
со́нцеsónce
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
со́лнцеsólnce
the rays of the sun
(literary, uncountable)Sunrise or sunset.
(countable, uncountable)A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
(countable, uncountable)A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
(countable, uncountable)The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
(countable, uncountable)The thirty-first Lenormand card.
A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
Examples
2070 sentencesThe sun is about to rise.
Сонце ось-ось зійде.
ruСолнце вот-вот взойдёт.
deBald wird die Sonne aufgehen.
The sun sets in the west.
Сонце заходить на заході.
ruСолнце садится на западе.
deDie Sonne geht im Westen unter.
The sun gives us heat and light.
Сонце дає нам тепло й світло.
ruСолнце даёт нам тепло и свет.
Don't stay in the sun too long.
Не залишайся на сонці занадто довго.
ruНе оставайся на солнце слишком долго.
deBleib nicht zu lange in der Sonne.
Cover your head when you are in the sun.
Прикривайте голову, коли будете на сонці.
ruКогда ты на солнце, укрывай чем-нибудь голову.
deBedecke dein Haupt, wenn du in der Sonne bist!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne,From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne, zunne, from Old English sunna, sunne, sunnu (“sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
From Japanese 寸 (sun). Doublet of cun.
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Forms
plural: suns / sunSynonyms
5 synonyms- the rays of the sun:sunlightsunshine
- first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians:SundayLord-ap-s DayDominicus
Word family
216 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in the sun
- the sun is
- the sun sets
- sun is shining
- sun sets
- the sun rises
- watched the sun
- the sun has
- the sun sank
- the hot sun
- sun rises
- the sun came