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sun

/sʌn/ symbol

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In Latin: sōl Wiktionary

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  1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sundanese.

proper noun

  1. The star that is closest to the Earth.

noun

  1. A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  2. The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight.
    I have been broiling in the sun all morning.
  3. Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.

verb

  1. To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.
    Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.
  2. To warm or dry in the sunshine.
  3. To be exposed to the sun.

Origin

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”).

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