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sunbathe

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsʌnbeɪð/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N B EY2 DH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sunbathing session: a sunbath.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Do you think it's warm enough outside for a sunbathe?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

expose one's body to the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sun

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lie

History

Etymology

From sun + bathe.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արեւի լոգանք ընդունել (arewi logankʻ əndunel) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Chinese: 曝日 (zh-min-nan) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曬太陽 /晒太阳 (shài tàiyáng) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Teochew: 曝日 — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Danish: solbade — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Dutch: zonnebaden — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Dutch: zonnen — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Esperanto: sunumi — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Estonian: päikest võtta — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Finnish: ottaa aurinkoa — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Finnish: paistatella päivää — to expose one's body to the sun
  • French: prendre un bain de soleil — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Galician: tomar a raxeira — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Galician: asollar — to expose one's body to the sun
  • German: sonnenbaden — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Hungarian: napozik — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Irish: déan bolg le gréin — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Italian: prendere il sole — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Japanese: 日光浴をする (nikkōyoku-o suru) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Korean: 일광욕을 하다 (ilgwang'yogeul hada) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Latin: aprīcor — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Latvian: sauļoties — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Latvian: cepināties — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Macedonian: се со́нча (se sónča) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Māori: pārara — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Māori: pāinaina — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Mongolian: наранд шарах (narand šarax) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Polish: opalać się — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Polish: opalić się — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Portuguese: tomar banho de sol — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Russian: загора́ть (zagorátʹ) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Russian: загоре́ть (zagorétʹ) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: sunčati — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Slovak: opaľovať sa — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Spanish: tomar el sol — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Spanish: solearse — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Spanish: asolearse — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Spanish: tomar sol — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Spanish: solejar — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Swedish: sola — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Swedish: solbada — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Thai: อาบแดด (àap-dàet) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Tibetan: ཉི་སྲེག་བཏང (nyi sreg btang) — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Turkish: güneşlenmek — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Turkish: güneş banyosu yapmak — to expose one's body to the sun
  • Vietnamese: tắm nắng — to expose one's body to the sun