adj
Meaning 1
Featuring a lot of sunshine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sunny
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌni/
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/ˈsʊni/ Northern England, Dublin, without the foot-strut split
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Scotland: /ˈsʌne/
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South-Asia: /sənːi/
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rhymes with -ʌni
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homophone: sonny (general)
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homophone: Sunni (without the foot-strut split)
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CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Receiving a lot of sunshine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the sunny side of a hill
- I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Cheerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- a person with a sunny disposition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sunless
adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
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adv
Meaning 5
sunny side up
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable, regional
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name
Meaning 6
A unisex given name.
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name
Meaning 7
A surname.
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name
Meaning 8
A diminutive of the male given name Sunil.
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name
Meaning 9
A diminutive of the female given name Sunita.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
A sunfish.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheery, gay
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y.
Across languages
Translations
111 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Alviri-Vidari: افتوی (oftovi) — weather, day
- Arabic: مُشْمِس (mušmis) — weather, day
- Arabic: شَامِس (šāmis) — weather, day
- Arabic: مشمّس (mšammes) — weather, day
- Azerbaijani: günəşli — weather, day
- Azerbaijani: günlü — weather, day
- Belarusian: со́нечны (sónječny) — weather, day
- Breton: heoliek — weather, day
- Bulgarian: слъ́нчев (slǎ́nčev) — weather, day
- Catalan: asolellat — weather, day
- Chinese Mandarin: 晴朗 (qínglǎng) — weather, day
- Cornish: howlyek — weather, day
- Czech: slunečný — weather, day
- Dutch: zonnig — weather, day
- Esperanto: suna — weather, day
- Estonian: päikseline — weather, day
- Finnish: auringonpaisteinen — weather, day
- Finnish: aurinkoinen — weather, day
- French: ensoleillé — weather, day
- Galician: solleiro — weather, day
- Georgian: მზიანი (mziani) — weather, day
- German: sonnig — weather, day
- German: heiter — weather, day
- Greek: έχει λιακάδα (échei liakáda) — weather, day
- Hindi: धूपदार (dhūpdār) — weather, day
- Hindi: आफताबी (āphtābī) — weather, day
- Hungarian: napos — weather, day
- Indonesian: cerah — weather, day
- Irish: grianmhar — weather, day
- Italian: soleggiato — weather, day
- Italian: soleggiata — weather, day
- Japanese: 晴れた (hareta) — weather, day
- Khmer: មានថ្ងៃ (mien tŋay) — weather, day
- Khmer: ចេញថ្ងៃ (cəɲ tŋay) — weather, day
- Korean: 맑다 (makda) — weather, day
- Korean: 화창하다 (hwachanghada) — weather, day
- Lao: ແດດຮ້ອນ (dǣt hǭn) — weather, day
- Latin: aprīcus — weather, day
- Latvian: saulains — weather, day
- Low German: sünnig — weather, day
- Luxembourgish: sonneg — weather, day
- Macedonian: сончев (sončev) — weather, day
- Malay: cerah — weather, day
- Mongolian: нарлаг (narlag) — weather, day
- Old English: sunniġ — weather, day
- Persian: آفتابی (âftâbi) — weather, day
- Plautdietsch: sonnich — weather, day
- Polish: słoneczny — weather, day
- Portuguese: ensolarado — weather, day
- Portuguese: solarengo — weather, day
- Romanian: însorit — weather, day
- Romansh: sulegliv — weather, day
- Romansh: sulagliv — weather, day
- Romansh: sugliagleiv — weather, day
- Russian: со́лнечный (sólnečnyj) — weather, day
- Sardinian: solianu — weather, day
- Scottish Gaelic: grianach — weather, day
- Serbo-Croatian: sùnčan — weather, day
- Shor: кӱнниг (künnig) — weather, day
- Slovak: slnečný — weather, day
- Slovene: sončen — weather, day
- Southern Altai: кӱндӱ (kündü) — weather, day
- Spanish: asoleado — weather, day
- Spanish: soleado — weather, day
- Sundanese: lénglang — weather, day
- Swedish: solig — weather, day
- Tagalog: maaraw — weather, day
- Thai: แดดร้อน (dàet-rón) — weather, day
- Turkish: güneşli — weather, day
- Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj) — weather, day
- Urdu: آفتابی (āftābī) — weather, day
- Urdu: دھوپ دار (dhūp-dār) — weather, day
- Urdu: آفتاب گوں (āftāb-gū̃) — weather, day
- Vietnamese: nắng — weather, day
- Welsh: heulog — weather, day
- Yiddish: זוניק (zunik) — weather, day
- Bulgarian: слънчев (slǎnčev) — place
- Catalan: asolellat — place
- Dutch: zonnig — place
- Esperanto: suna — place
- Esperanto: sunplena — place
- Finnish: aurinkoinen — place
- French: ensoleillé — place
- Galician: solleiro — place
- Galician: sollío — place
- Galician: solloso — place
- Greek: ηλιόλουστος (ilióloustos) — place
- Ancient Greek: προσήλιος (prosḗlios) — place
- Hungarian: napfényes — place
- Hungarian: napos — place
- Italian: soleggiato — place
- Italian: soleggiata — place
- Latin: aprīcus — place
- Latvian: saulains — place
- Macedonian: сончев (sončev) — place
- Māori: matanui — place
- Plautdietsch: sonnich — place
- Portuguese: ensolarado — place
- Serbo-Croatian: sùnčan — place
- Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj) — place
- Bulgarian: весел (vesel) — cheerful
- Bulgarian: лъчезарен (lǎčezaren) — cheerful
- Catalan: radiant — cheerful
- Dutch: zonnig — cheerful
- Finnish: iloinen — cheerful
- Finnish: aurinkoinen — cheerful
- Latvian: saulains — cheerful
- Macedonian: весел (vesel) — cheerful
- Portuguese: ensolarado — cheerful
- Serbo-Croatian: vȅseo — cheerful
- Serbo-Croatian: rȁdostan — cheerful
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