Meaning

9 senses

  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.

    со́лнцеsólnce

    the rays of the sun

  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.

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

Examples

2070 sentences

  1. The sun is about to rise.

    Сонце ось-ось зійде. — deniko

    ruСолнце вот-вот взойдёт. — Selena777

    deBald wird die Sonne aufgehen. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. The sun sets in the west.

    Сонце заходить на заході. — deniko

    ruСолнце садится на западе. — odexed

    deDie Sonne geht im Westen unter. — Alois

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  3. The sun gives us heat and light.

    Сонце дає нам тепло й світло. — brambury

    ruСолнце даёт нам тепло и свет. — odexed

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  4. Don't stay in the sun too long.

    Не залишайся на сонці занадто довго. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruНе оставайся на солнце слишком долго. — Balamax

    deBleib nicht zu lange in der Sonne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Cover your head when you are in the sun.

    Прикривайте голову, коли будете на сонці. — aandrusiak

    ruКогда ты на солнце, укрывай чем-нибудь голову. — Hellerick

    deBedecke dein Haupt, wenn du in der Sonne bist! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system:
Русский
By meaning 1
a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system:

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 / sun
Singularsun
Pluralsuns / sun

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words
RelatedsouthA2
DerivedsunbatheB1sunbeamB2sundialB1sunflowerA2sunglassesA2sunlightA2sunnyA1sunriseB1sunsetB1sunshineA1aftersunantisuncountersunglory-of-the-sunlow-sunmean sunmidnight sunmock sunprotosunpurple glory-of-the-sunsea sunsun-angelsunangelsun animalcule

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sumosumpsumptuoussunbatheB1sunbeamB2sunburn
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