Sun
English
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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.
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Sun
- The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
- The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.
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See also
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Sun | |||||||||||||||||
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | Eris | |||||||
Notable moons |
— | — | Moon | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia |
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
Sun (plural Suns)
- Abbreviation of Sunday.
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Etymology 3
From Mandarin 孫/孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
Proper noun
Sun (plural Suns)
- A surname.
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Bavarian
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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
Noun
Sun f
- 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
Proper noun
Sun
- a surname from Hakka
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hokkien 孫/孙 (Sun) and Mandarin 孫/孙 (Sūn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: Sun
Proper noun
Sun (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صنع (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع (ṣunʕ).
Proper noun
Sun
- a male given name
- a female given name
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌn
- Rhymes:English/ʌn/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Newspapers
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English abbreviations
- English terms borrowed from Mandarin
- English terms derived from Mandarin
- English surnames
- en:Light sources
- en:Qur'an
- en:Sun
- Bavarian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Bavarian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Bavarian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Bavarian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Bavarian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Bavarian terms derived from Middle High German
- Bavarian terms inherited from Old High German
- Bavarian terms derived from Old High German
- Bavarian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Bavarian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Bavarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bavarian lemmas
- Bavarian nouns
- Bavarian feminine nouns
- Bavarian terms with quotations
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Hakka
- Indonesian terms derived from Hakka
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- Indonesian surnames
- Indonesian surnames from Hakka
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Mandarin
- Tagalog terms derived from Mandarin
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/un
- Rhymes:Tagalog/un/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Mandarin
- Tagalog surnames from Hokkien
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish male given names
- Turkish female given names