Sun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"

English
The Sun (1)
The Sun's astronomical/astrological symbol

Etymology 1

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), 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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /sʌn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophones: son, sun

Proper noun

the Sun

  1. The star at the centre of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
  2. The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  3. (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.
Synonyms
Translations
See also
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
Planets and
most likely
dwarf planets		 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Notable
moons		 — Moon Phobos
Deimos		 — Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto		 Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon		 Triton Charon
Styx
Nix
Kerberos
Hydra

Alternative forms

Noun

Sun (plural Suns)

  1. Abbreviation of Sunday.
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Translations

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

Sun (plural Suns)

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

Bavarian
Die Sun.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.

Pronunciation
  • (Vienna) IPA(key): /ˈsun/
  • Hyphenation: Sun

Noun

Sun f

  1. (Vienna) sun
    • 2017, “Spür die Sun [Feel the sun]”, performed by Granada:
      Spür die Sun, die Sun.
      Feel the sun, the sun.

References
  • Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “Sun”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
  • Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 24

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 孫／孙 (sūn).

Proper noun

Sun

  1. a surname from Hakka

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صنع‎ (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع‎ (ṣunʿ).

Proper noun

Sun

  1. a male given name
  2. a female given name
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