sunshine

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• /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
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In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun + shine. Compare isolated Old English sunsċīn (“mirror”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نُور الشَّمْس (nūr aš-šams) — direct rays of the sun
• Assamese: ৰ’দ (röd) — direct rays of the sun
• Azerbaijani: gün işığı — direct rays of the sun
• Azerbaijani: günəş işığı — direct rays of the sun
• Belarusian: со́нечнае святло́ (sónječnaje svjatló) — direct rays of the sun
• Bengali: রোদ (rōd) — direct rays of the sun
• Bengali: রইদ (roid) — direct rays of the sun
• Bengali: অইদ (oid) — direct rays of the sun
• Bengali: আফতাব (aphtab) — direct rays of the sun
• Bulgarian: слъ́нчева светлина́ (slǎ́nčeva svetliná) — direct rays of the sun
• Burmese: နေရောင် (neraung) — direct rays of the sun
• Chinese Cantonese: 陽光 /阳光 (joeng4 gwong1) — direct rays of the sun
• Chinese Mandarin: 陽光 /阳光 (yánggguāng) — direct rays of the sun
• Czech: sluneční svit — direct rays of the sun
• Danish: solskin — direct rays of the sun
• Dhivehi: އަވި (avi) — direct rays of the sun
• Dutch: zonneschijn — direct rays of the sun
• Esperanto: sunbrilo — direct rays of the sun
• Estonian: päikesepaiste — direct rays of the sun
• Finnish: auringonpaiste — direct rays of the sun
• French: soleil — direct rays of the sun
• French: lumière du soleil — direct rays of the sun
• Galician: raxeira — direct rays of the sun
• Galician: raiola — direct rays of the sun
• German: Sonnenschein — direct rays of the sun
• Gujarati: તડકો (taḍko) — direct rays of the sun
• Gujarati: ધૂપ (dhūp) — direct rays of the sun
• Gujarati: તાપ (tāp) — direct rays of the sun
• Hebrew: שמש זורחת (shomésh zorkhát) — direct rays of the sun
• Hindi: धूप (dhūp) — direct rays of the sun
• Hindi: सूर्यप्रकाश (sūryaprakāś) — direct rays of the sun
• Hungarian: napsütés — direct rays of the sun
• Icelandic: sólskin — direct rays of the sun
• Ingrian: päiväpaisse — direct rays of the sun
• Irish: taitneamh na gréine — direct rays of the sun
• Irish: grian — direct rays of the sun
• Irish: dealramh gréine — direct rays of the sun
• Irish: solas na gréine — direct rays of the sun
• Italian: luce del sole — direct rays of the sun
• Japanese: 日光 (nikkō) — direct rays of the sun
• Japanese: 太陽の光 (taiyō no hikari) — direct rays of the sun
• Khmer: ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ (pɔɔpŭənlɨɨ thngay) — direct rays of the sun
• Khmer: សុរិយោទ័យ (soreyaotɨy) — direct rays of the sun
• Korean: 햇빛 (haetbit) — direct rays of the sun
• Korean: 햇살 (haetsal) — direct rays of the sun
• Lao: ແດດ (dǣt) — direct rays of the sun
• Luxembourgish: Sonneschäin — direct rays of the sun
• Macedonian: сончева светлина (sončeva svetlina) — direct rays of the sun
• Malayalam: വെയിൽ (veyil) — direct rays of the sun
• Manchu: ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠨ (elden) — direct rays of the sun
• Manchu: ᡶᠣᠰᠣᠨ (foson) — direct rays of the sun
• Māori: hihirā — direct rays of the sun
• Mpade: sɨ — direct rays of the sun
• Navajo: shą́ą́ʼ — direct rays of the sun
• Navajo: sháńdíín — direct rays of the sun
• Norwegian Bokmål: solskinn — direct rays of the sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: solskin — direct rays of the sun
• Old English: sunnan sċīma — direct rays of the sun
• Persian: نور آفتاب (nur-e âftâb) — direct rays of the sun
• Plautdietsch: Sonnenschien — direct rays of the sun
• Polish: światło słoneczne — direct rays of the sun
• Portuguese: luz do sol — direct rays of the sun
• Portuguese: luz solar — direct rays of the sun
• Romanian: soare — direct rays of the sun
• Romanian: lumina soarelui — direct rays of the sun
• Russian: со́лнечный свет (sólnečnyj svet) — direct rays of the sun
• Russian: со́лнце (sólnce) — direct rays of the sun
• Sanskrit: आतप (ātapa) — direct rays of the sun
• Scots: sunsheen — direct rays of the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: сунчева светлост — direct rays of the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: сунчева свјетлост — direct rays of the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčeva svetlost — direct rays of the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčeva svjetlost — direct rays of the sun
• Slovak: slnečný svit — direct rays of the sun
• Slovene: sončna svetloba — direct rays of the sun
• Spanish: sol — direct rays of the sun
• Spanish: insolación — direct rays of the sun
• Swedish: solsken — direct rays of the sun
• Tajik: нури офтоб (nur-i oftob) — direct rays of the sun
• Tamil: வெயில் (veyil) — direct rays of the sun
• Thai: แดด (dɛ̀ɛt) — direct rays of the sun
• Thai: แสงอาทิตย์ (sɛ̌ɛng-aa-tít) — direct rays of the sun
• Turkish: güneş ışığı — direct rays of the sun
• Turkish: güneş — direct rays of the sun
• Ottoman Turkish: گونش (güneş) — direct rays of the sun
• Ukrainian: со́нячне світло́ (sónjačne svitló) — direct rays of the sun
• Vietnamese: nắng — direct rays of the sun
• Vietnamese: ánh nắng — direct rays of the sun
• Vietnamese: ánh sáng mặt trời — direct rays of the sun
• Welsh: heulwen — direct rays of the sun
• Azerbaijani: gün — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Azerbaijani: günəş — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Bulgarian: слънчево място (slǎnčevo mjasto) — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Danish: solskin — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Dutch: zon — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Finnish: auringonpaiste — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Finnish: aurinko — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Galician: raxeira — location on which the sun's rays fall
• German: Sonnenschein — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Hungarian: nap — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Hungarian: napfény — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Norwegian Bokmål: sol — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Norwegian Bokmål: solskinn — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Old Turkic: 𐰛𐰈𐰤𐰾 (küneš) — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Polish: słońce — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Portuguese: sol — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Swedish: solsken — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Turkish: güneş — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Ottoman Turkish: كونش (güneş) — location on which the sun's rays fall
• Bulgarian: радост (radost) — cheerfulness
• Bulgarian: светлина (svetlina) — cheerfulness
• Finnish: aurinkoisuus — cheerfulness
• Portuguese: alegria — cheerfulness
• Finnish: auringonpaiste — source of cheerfulness or joy
• Finnish: auringonpaiste — effect of the sun
• Turkish: güneş — effect of the sun