name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈsʌnˌbɝn/
rhymes with -ʌnbɜn
CMU ARPABET:S AH1 N B ER2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
The ship of characters Sunny (or Omori) and Aubrey from the videogame Omori.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sunscald
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Suntan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To receive a sunburn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64, I have brought Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you From sun-burning.
1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, Volume 2, p. 199, [...] there is a Country, in the World, call’d Turkey; where Women are secur’d against the Danger of Sun-burning, by being kept out of the open Air, and lock’d up, like other Jewels, in Places where no Mischief can reach ’em.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 6
To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: erythema solare
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: erythema, first-degree burn
8
noun
Meaning 8
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tan, suntan, burn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hyperpigmentation
9
verb
Meaning 9
get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discolor, discolour, colour, color
History
Etymology
From sunburn, in reference to Sunny's name and Aubrey's hot-headed, "fiery" personality.
From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَرْق شَمْسِيّ
(ḥarq šamsiyy)
— burn on skin
Arabic:
لَفْح الشَّمْس
(lafḥ aš-šams)
— burn on skin
Azerbaijani:
günəş yanığı
— burn on skin
Chinese Mandarin:
曬傷 /晒伤
(shàishāng)
— burn on skin
Chinese Mandarin:
曬熟 /晒熟
(shàishóu)
— burn on skin
Czech:
spálení
— burn on skin
Finnish:
auringonpolttama
— burn on skin
French:
coup de soleil
— burn on skin
French:
actinite
— burn on skin
Georgian:
მზის დამწვრობა
(mzis damc̣vroba)
— burn on skin
German:
Sonnenbrand
— burn on skin
Hungarian:
leégés
— burn on skin
Ido:
sunbrulo
— burn on skin
Irish:
dó gréine
— burn on skin
Irish:
griandó
— burn on skin
Italian:
eritema solare
— burn on skin
Italian:
scottatura solare
— burn on skin
Italian:
ustione solare
— burn on skin
Japanese:
日焼け
(hiyake)
— burn on skin
Khmer:
សុរិយរោគ
— burn on skin
Khmer:
រោលថ្ងៃ
(rool tŋay)
— burn on skin
Korean:
햇볕에 탐
(haetbyeote tam)
— burn on skin
Macedonian:
изгоре́ница
(izgorénica)
— burn on skin
Malay:
selaran matahari
— burn on skin
Māori:
tīkākā
— burn on skin
Maranao:
bembad
— burn on skin
Norman:
coup d'solé
— burn on skin
Norman:
êcaudeuse
— burn on skin
Old English:
sunbryne
— burn on skin
Polish:
oparzenie słoneczne
— burn on skin
Portuguese:
queimadura solar
— burn on skin
Portuguese:
escaldão
— burn on skin
Russian:
со́лнечный ожо́г
(sólnečnyj ožóg)
— burn on skin
Samoan:
mu o le la
— burn on skin
Scottish Gaelic:
losgadh na grèine
— burn on skin
Slovak:
spálenie
— burn on skin
Spanish:
quemadura solar
— burn on skin
Spanish:
quemadura de piel
— burn on skin
Spanish:
quemadura
— burn on skin
Swedish:
solbränna
— burn on skin
Swedish:
solskada
— burn on skin
Tagalog:
katim
— burn on skin
Tagalog:
paso ng araw
— burn on skin
Thai:
การถูกแดดเผา
(Kār t̄hūk dæd p̄heā)
— burn on skin
Thai:
ถูกแดดเผา
(T̄hūk dæd p̄heā)
— burn on skin
Thai:
ผิวไหม้
(P̄hiw h̄ịm̂)
— burn on skin
Thai:
แดดเผา
(Dæd p̄heā)
— burn on skin
Thai:
การแก้ผิวไหม้
(Kār kæ̂ p̄hiw h̄ịm̂)
— burn on skin
Tibetan:
ཉི་སྲེག
(nyi sreg)
— burn on skin
Tongan:
fohia
— burn on skin
Turkish:
güneş yanığı
— burn on skin
Ukrainian:
сонячний опік
(sonjačnyj opik)
— burn on skin
Vietnamese:
cháy nắng
— burn on skin
Czech:
spálit se
— to receive a sunburn
Dutch:
verbranden
— to receive a sunburn
Finnish:
polttaa itsensä auringossa
— to receive a sunburn
French:
attraper un coup de soleil
— to receive a sunburn
Galician:
rescaldar
— to receive a sunburn
German:
Sonnenbrand bekommen
— to receive a sunburn
Ido:
sunbrular
— to receive a sunburn
Japanese:
日に焼ける
(hi-ni yakeru)
— to receive a sunburn
Kazakh:
күю
(küü)
— to receive a sunburn
Macedonian:
изгорува
(izgoruva)
— to receive a sunburn
Polish:
dostawać oparzenia słonecznego
— to receive a sunburn
Polish:
dostać oparzenia słonecznego
— to receive a sunburn
Portuguese:
apanhar um escaldão
— to receive a sunburn
Russian:
обгоре́ть на со́лнце
(obgorétʹ na sólnce)
— to receive a sunburn
Russian:
получи́ть со́лнечный ожо́г
(polučítʹ sólnečnyj ožóg)
— to receive a sunburn
Slovak:
spáliť sa
— to receive a sunburn
Spanish:
quemarse la piel
— to receive a sunburn
Turkish:
yanmak
— to receive a sunburn
Ukrainian:
обгорати на сонці
(obhoraty na sonci)
— to receive a sunburn
Ukrainian:
обгоріти на сонці
(obhority na sonci)
— to receive a sunburn
