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sunstroke

noun · 2 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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  • General-American: /ˈsʌnˌstɹoʊk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insolation, thermic fever, siriasis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heatstroke, heat hyperpyrexia

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh2wl̥der. Proto-Germanic *sunnô Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ Proto-West Germanic *sunnā Old English sunne Middle English sonne English sun English stroke English sunstroke From sun + stroke.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ضَرْبَة شَمْس (ḍarbat šams) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Asturian: asoleyadura — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Asturian: solazu — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Azerbaijani: günvurma — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Bulgarian: слънчев удар (slǎnčev udar) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Catalan: assolellada — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Catalan: insolació — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中暑 (zhòngshǔ) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Crimean Tatar: küneş çarpması — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Czech: úpal — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Czech: úžeh — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Danish: solstik — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Dutch: zonneslag — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Esperanto: sunfrapo — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Finnish: auringonpistos — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • French: insolation — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Galician: insolación — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • German: Sonnenstich — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Greek: ηλίαση (ilíasi) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Hungarian: napszúrás — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Icelandic: sólstingur — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Italian: insolazione — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Italian: colpo di sole — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Japanese: 日射病 (nisshabyō) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Japanese: 暑気 (heatstroke) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Japanese: 霍乱 (heatstroke) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Korean: 일사병 (ilsabyeong) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Latin: sīriāsis — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Macedonian: сончаница (sončanica) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Polish: udar słoneczny — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Polish: porażenie słoneczne — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Portuguese: insolação — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Russian: со́лнечный уда́р (sólnečnyj udár) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Serbo-Croatian: sunčanica — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Slovak: úpal — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Spanish: insolación — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Spanish: tabardillo — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Swedish: solsting — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Telugu: ఎండదెబ్బ (eṇḍadebba) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Telugu: వడదెబ్బ (vaḍadebba) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Turkish: güneş çarpması — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Ukrainian: со́нячний уда́р (sónjačnyj udár) — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Vietnamese: say nắng — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Zazaki: dırbeta tici — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays
  • Zazaki: tici seredayen — heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays