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sun^¹

/sʌn/
/sʊn/ Ireland, Northern England

Sounds like son · Rhymes with -ʌn

Where it comes from

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”).

Cognates

Cognate with Scots sun (“sun”), Yola zin (“sun”), North Frisian san, Sen (“sun”), Saterland Frisian Sunne (“sun”), West Frisian sinne (“sun”), Alemannic German ŝchunna, ŝchunnà, sònnò, sunna, sunnu, Sunnä (“sun”), Bavarian Sun, suna, sune, Sunn, sunne (“sun”), Cimbrian sonde, sunn, zunna (“sun”), Dutch zon, zonne (“sun”), German Sonne (“sun”), Limburgish Ṣon, Sonn, zón (“sun”), Low German Sünn, Sünne (“sun”), Luxembourgish Sonn (“sun”), Mòcheno sunn (“sun”), Vilamovian zun, zunn (“sun”), West Flemish zunne (“sun”), Yiddish זון (zun, “sun”), Icelandic sunna (“sun”), Crimean Gothic sune (“sun”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”); outside of Germanic, Cornish howl (“sun”), Irish súil (“eye; expectation, hope”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye; vision; glance, look; expectation, hope”), Welsh haul, huan (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Greek ήλιος (ílios, “sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Latgalian and Latvian saule (“sun”), Lithuanian saulė (“sun”), Belarusian со́нца (sónca, “sun”), Bulgarian слъ́нце (slắnce, “sun”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Macedonian солнце (solnce), сонце (sonce, “sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian со́лнце (sólnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian су̑нце, sȗnce (“sun”), Slovak slnce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Ukrainian со́нце (sónce, “sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Central Kurdish خۆر (xor, “sun”), Gurani وەر (wer, “sun; front”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Persian هور (hur), خور (xor / xwar, “sun”), Shughni хӣр (xīr, “sun”), Yaghnobi хур (xur, “sun”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray, sunbeam”), Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), Sanskrit स्वर् (svar, “sun”). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

proper noun the sun

The star that is closest to the Earth. And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit.
Similar: Sol, mul:☉, mul:☼, mul:☀, Currant Bun, currant bun, Bath bun

noun suns

countable, uncountable A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system. Because Haestrom's sun has overwhelmed the planet's protective magnetosphere, humans foolhardy enough to venture into geth-controlled Haestrom must exercise extreme caution. Minutes of radiation exposure will overload shields and hours of exposure will kill.
countable, uncountable The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight. I have been broiling in the sun all morning.
countable, figuratively, uncountable Something like the sun in brightness or splendor. For the Lord God is the ſunne & ſhield vnto vs: […]
literary, uncountable Sunrise or sunset. Imo[gen].[…]Prythee ſpeake, / How many ſtore of Miles may we well rid / Twixt houre, and houre? / Piſ[anio]. One ſcore 'twixt Sun, and Sun, / Madam's enough for you: and too much too. / Imo[gen]. Why, one that rode to's Excution Man, / Could neuer go ſo ſlow: […]
countable, uncountable A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
countable, uncountable A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day. Four suns since was the word brought to me from ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed,’ ‘White men come; if white men come, slay them not.’ Let them be brought to the house of ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed.’
countable, uncountable The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
countable, uncountable The thirty-first Lenormand card.

verb suns · sunning · sunned

transitive To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun. Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.
Similar: apricate
transitive To warm or dry in the sunshine.
intransitive To be exposed to the sun.
intransitive To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

sun^²

/sʌn/
/sʊn/ Ireland, Northern England

Sounds like son · Rhymes with -ʌn

Where it comes from

From Japanese 寸 (sun). Doublet of cun.

noun suns · sun

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

sun^³

/sʌn/
/sʊn/ Ireland, Northern England

Sounds like son · Rhymes with -ʌn

noun

alternative, uncountable Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”).

Sun^⁴

/sʌn/ UK, US

Sounds like son, sun · Rhymes with -ʌn

Where it comes from

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.

proper noun the Sun

The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky.
Similar: Sol, mul:☉, mul:☼, mul:☀, Currant Bun, currant bun, Bath bun
The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
An English tabloid newspaper.
Similar: Currant Bun

Sun^⁵

noun Suns · Sun.

abbreviation Abbreviation of Sunday

Sun^⁶

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.

proper noun Suns

A surname.

SUN^⁷

proper noun

The station code of Sunny Bay in Hong Kong.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sunlight, sunshine, sunbathe, sunday, earth, stars, sky, eclipse, star, moon, planetary, insolation, solar, zone, planetarium, light

Translations

Every language

name the star around which the Earth revolves — see also Sun

Español	sol
한국어	해 hae, 태양 taeyang
日本語	太陽 taiyō, 日 hi
中文	太陽 /太阳 tàiyáng, 日 rì, 日頭 /日头 rìtou, rìtóu, 熱頭 /热头 rètóu
हिन्दी	सूर्य sūrya, सूरज sūraj, आदित्य āditya, दिनेश dineś, प्रभाकर prabhākar, दिवाकर divākar
Kiswahili	jua
Português	Sol
Français	soleil, Soleil
Deutsch	Sonne, sunna (Mulhouse)
Italiano	sole
Ελληνικά	ήλιος ílios
Română	soare
Русский	со́лнце sólnce
Tiếng Việt	Mặt Trời
العربية	شَمْس šams
עברית	שֶׁמֶשׁ shémesh, חַמָּה khamá

noun a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system

Español	sol
한국어	해 hae, 태양 taeyang
日本語	太陽 taiyō, 恒星 kōsei, 日 hi
中文	太陽 /太阳 tàiyáng, 日 rì, 日頭 /日头 rìtou, rìtóu, 恆星 /恒星 héngxīng
हिन्दी	सूरज sūraj, ख़्वुरशेद xvurśed, रवि ravi, सूर्य sūrya, खुरशीद khurśīd, शम्स śams
Kiswahili	jua
Português	sol
Français	soleil
Deutsch	Sonne
Italiano	sole
Ελληνικά	ήλιος ílios
Română	soare
Русский	со́лнце sólnce
Tiếng Việt	mặt trời
العربية	شَمْس šams
עברית	שֶׁמֶשׁ shémesh, כּוֹכָב kokháv

noun light and warmth received from the sun

Español	sol
日本語	太陽光 taiyō-kō, 日光 nikkō, 太陽熱 taiyō-netsu
中文	陽光 /阳光 yángguāng
हिन्दी	आफ़ताब āftāb
Kiswahili	miyale
Português	sol
Français	soleil
Ελληνικά	ήλιος ílios
Română	soare
Русский	со́лнце sólnce
עברית	שֶׁמֶשׁ shémesh

noun something like the sun in brightness or splendor

Español	sol
Kiswahili	miyale
Português	sol
Français	soleil
Ελληνικά	ήλιος ílios
Română	soare
Русский	со́лнце sólnce
עברית	שֶׁמֶשׁ shémesh, מָאוֹר maór

noun sunrise or sunset

Español	salida del sol, puesta de sol, ocaso, orto
日本語	日の出 hi no de, 夜明け yoake, 日の入 hi no iri
हिन्दी	सूर्योदय एवं सूर्यास्त sūryoday evã sūryāst
Kiswahili	chomoza
Português	nascer/pôr do sol
Ελληνικά	ανατολή anatolí, δύση dýsi
Română	răsărit, asfințit

verb to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun

Español	asolear, asolar, solearse, solejar
中文	曬 /晒 shài, 曝 pù
Kiswahili	miale ya jua
Română	însori, sori
Русский	загора́ть zagorátʹ, гре́ться grétʹsja

verb to warm or dry in the sunshine

Kiswahili	kauka
Română	însori, încălzi
Русский	суши́ть sušítʹ, греть gretʹ

verb to be exposed to the sun

Español	asolarse, asolearse, solearse
Kiswahili	jua

name star

Español	sol, Sol
한국어	해 hae, 일 il, 태양 taeyang
日本語	太陽 taiyō
中文	太陽 /太阳 tàiyáng
हिन्दी	सूर्य sūrya, सूरज sūraj, रवि ravi, दिनकर dinkar, भानु bhānu, आदित्य āditya
Kiswahili	Jua
Português	Sol
Français	Soleil
Deutsch	Sonne
Italiano	sole
Ελληνικά	Ήλιος Ílios
Română	soare
Русский	Со́лнце Sólnce
Tiếng Việt	Mặt Trời
العربية	اَلشَّمْس aš-šams, شَمْس šams
עברית	שֶׁמֶשׁ shémesh, חַמָּה khamá

name 91st sura of the Qur'an

العربية	سُورَةُ الشَمْسِ sūratu š-šamsi

name newspaper

日本語	ザ・サン Za-San
中文	太陽報 /太阳报 Tàiyángbào
Русский	Сан
العربية	ذَا صَن ḏā ṣan

noun Sunday

한국어	일 il
日本語	日 nichi, 日曜 nichiyō
हिन्दी	रविवार ravivār, इतवार itvār
Português	dom
Français	dim.
Deutsch	So., Son., Sonnt.
Русский	вс vs
Tiếng Việt	CN

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@misc{sun_2026,
  title = {sun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

sun

AI In plain words

sun¹

Where it comes from

proper noun the sun

noun suns

verb suns · sunning · sunned

sun²

Where it comes from

noun suns · sun

sun³

noun

Sun⁴

Where it comes from

proper noun the Sun

Sun⁵

noun Suns · Sun.

Sun⁶

Where it comes from

proper noun Suns

SUN⁷

proper noun

Thesaurus

Translations

name the star around which the Earth revolves — see also Sun

noun a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system

noun light and warmth received from the sun

noun something like the sun in brightness or splendor

noun sunrise or sunset

verb to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun

verb to warm or dry in the sunshine

verb to be exposed to the sun

name star

name 91st sura of the Qur'an

name newspaper

noun Sunday

sun^¹

sun^²

sun^³

Sun^⁴

Sun^⁵

Sun^⁶

SUN^⁷