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sunspot

noun · 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnspɒt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsʌnspɑt/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N S P AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A random shock in the foreign exchange currency market.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: macula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation

History

Etymology

From sun + spot.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sonvlek — region on the sun's surface
  • Belarusian: пля́ма на сонцы (pljáma na sóncy) — region on the sun's surface
  • Bulgarian: слъ́нчево петно́ (slǎ́nčevo petnó) — region on the sun's surface
  • Catalan: taca solar — region on the sun's surface
  • Czech: sluneční skvrna — region on the sun's surface
  • Czech: skvrna na slunci — region on the sun's surface
  • Dutch: zonnevlek — region on the sun's surface
  • Esperanto: sunmakulo — region on the sun's surface
  • Finnish: auringonpilkku — region on the sun's surface
  • French: tache solaire — region on the sun's surface
  • German: Sonnenfleck — region on the sun's surface
  • Greek: ηλιακή κηλίδα (iliakí kilída) — region on the sun's surface
  • Indonesian: bintik matahari — region on the sun's surface
  • Italian: macchia solare — region on the sun's surface
  • Korean: 태양흑점 (taeyangheukjeom) — region on the sun's surface
  • Latin: macula solaris — region on the sun's surface
  • Latvian: saules plankums — region on the sun's surface
  • Lithuanian: saulės dėmė — region on the sun's surface
  • Luxembourgish: Sonnefleck — region on the sun's surface
  • Macedonian: Сончева дамка (Sončeva damka) — region on the sun's surface
  • Norwegian: solflekk — region on the sun's surface
  • Persian: خورلک (xurlak) — region on the sun's surface
  • Polish: plama słoneczna — region on the sun's surface
  • Portuguese: mancha solar — region on the sun's surface
  • Romanian: pată solară — region on the sun's surface
  • Russian: солнечное пятно́ (solnečnoje pjatnó) — region on the sun's surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: sunčeva pjega — region on the sun's surface
  • Slovene: sónčna péga — region on the sun's surface
  • Slovene: sónčeva péga — region on the sun's surface
  • Spanish: mancha solar — region on the sun's surface
  • Swedish: solfläck — region on the sun's surface
  • Tagalog: pekas — region on the sun's surface
  • Tagalog: batik-adlaw — region on the sun's surface
  • Turkish: güneş lekesi — region on the sun's surface
  • Welsh: brychau haul — region on the sun's surface