Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.

    Meronym: sunbeams

    Near-synonym: daylight

    Sonnenlicht

    со́лнечный светsólnečnyj svet

    со́нячне сві́тлоsónjačne svítlo

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.

    Licht

    светsvet

    світло́svitló

  3. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of sunrise.

  4. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).

    sunlight zone

More definitions
  • the rays of the sun

Examples

229 sentences
  1. This room doesn't get much sunlight.

    deDieser Raum bekommt nicht viel Sonnenschein.

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  2. The crystals sparkled in the sunlight.

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  3. The diamond sparkled in the sunlight.

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  4. The bright sunlight hurt my eyes.

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  5. Our living room gets lots of sunlight.

    deIn unser Wohnzimmer kommt viel Sonnenlicht.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun:
brightness, hope, a positive outlook:
Русский
By meaning 2
electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun:
brightness, hope, a positive outlook:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun:
brightness, hope, a positive outlook:

Origin

From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equ

From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equivalent to sun + light. Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”).

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