sunlight
Brightness, hope; a positive outlookBrightness, hope; a positive outlook.
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» This room doesn't get much sunlight.
Dieser Raum bekommt nicht viel Sonnenschein. — bonny37
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Examples
228 sentencesThis room doesn't get much sunlight.
deDieser Raum bekommt nicht viel Sonnenschein. — bonny37
The crystals sparkled in the sunlight.
The diamond sparkled in the sunlight.
Meaning
4 senses(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
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
Licht
светsvet
світло́svitló
(attributive, countable, uncountable)Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).
sunlight zone
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of sunrise.
- the rays of the sun
Origin
From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equFrom 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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Forms
plural: sunlightsSynonyms
23 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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