Standard Lemma guide

suntan

name · noun · verb · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsʌnˌtæn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌntæn
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N T AE2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The ship of characters Sunny and Kel 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: Caprisun

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To attempt to obtain a suntan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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, sunburn, burn

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hyperpigmentation

6

verb

Meaning 6

get a tan from being exposed to the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tan, bronze

History

Etymology

From suntan, in reference to Sunny's name and Kel's tanned skin.

From sun + tan.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُمْرَة شَمْسِيَّة (sumra šamsiyya) — darkening of the skin
  • Arabic: سُمْرَة (sumra) — darkening of the skin
  • Armenian: արեւայրուք (arewayrukʻ) — darkening of the skin
  • Belarusian: зага́р (zahár) — darkening of the skin
  • Belarusian: сма́га (smáha) — darkening of the skin
  • Bulgarian: слъ́нчев зага́р (slǎ́nčev zagár) — darkening of the skin
  • Bulgarian: зага́р (zagár) — darkening of the skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曬黑 /晒黑 (shàihēi) — darkening of the skin
  • Czech: opálení — darkening of the skin
  • Dutch: zonnebruin — darkening of the skin
  • Finnish: rusketus — darkening of the skin
  • French: bronzage — darkening of the skin
  • Georgian: ნამზეური (namzeuri) — darkening of the skin
  • German: Bräune — darkening of the skin
  • German: Sonnenbräune — darkening of the skin
  • Hungarian: lesülés — darkening of the skin
  • Hungarian: lebarnulás — darkening of the skin
  • Interlingua: bronza — darkening of the skin
  • Italian: abbronzatura — darkening of the skin
  • Japanese: 日焼け (hiyake) — darkening of the skin
  • Japanese: サンタン (santan) — darkening of the skin
  • Korean: 선탠 (seontaen) — darkening of the skin
  • Polish: opalenizna — darkening of the skin
  • Portuguese: bronzeado — darkening of the skin
  • Portuguese: bronze — darkening of the skin
  • Romanian: bronzare — darkening of the skin
  • Russian: зага́р (zagár) — darkening of the skin
  • Slovak: opálenie — darkening of the skin
  • Spanish: bronceado — darkening of the skin
  • Swedish: solbränna — darkening of the skin
  • Swedish: bränna — darkening of the skin
  • Tibetan: ཉི་སྲེག (nyi sreg) — darkening of the skin
  • Turkish: bronzlaşma — darkening of the skin
  • Ukrainian: засма́га (zasmáha) — darkening of the skin
  • Ukrainian: сма́га (smáha) — darkening of the skin
  • Ukrainian: смага́ (smahá) — darkening of the skin
  • Ukrainian: зага́р (zahár) — darkening of the skin
  • Bulgarian: почернявам (počernjavam) — to obtain a suntan
  • Catalan: bronzejar-se — to obtain a suntan
  • Finnish: ruskettua — to obtain a suntan
  • French: bronzer — to obtain a suntan
  • French: hâler — to obtain a suntan
  • Interlingua: bronzar — to obtain a suntan
  • Italian: abbronzarsi — to obtain a suntan
  • Polish: opalać się — to obtain a suntan
  • Polish: opalić się — to obtain a suntan
  • Portuguese: bronzear-se — to obtain a suntan
  • Russian: загора́ть (zagorátʹ) — to obtain a suntan
  • Russian: загоре́ть (zagorétʹ) — to obtain a suntan
  • Slovak: opáliť sa — to obtain a suntan
  • Spanish: broncearse — to obtain a suntan
  • Finnish: ruskettaa — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • French: bronzer — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Interlingua: bronzar — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Polish: opalać się — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Polish: opalić się — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Russian: загора́ть (zagorátʹ) — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Slovak: opaľovať sa — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Swedish: sola — to attempt to obtain a suntan
  • Swedish: solbada — to attempt to obtain a suntan