sun
/sʌn/
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Translation
The bright star in the sky that gives the Earth light and heat during the day.
Word origin
From Old English sunne, an old word shared with many other languages for the star that lights the day.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sunne
Grammar
Gender
Pluralsuns
Examples
bright today.
"Sun" means the star that lights up the day.
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Here "sun" is the warm light coming from the sky.
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"Suns" is the plural, used when there is more than one.
The "sun" is the bright star that gives the Earth light and warmth. We almost always speak of "the sun" because we see only one, but the same word names any star at the centre of its own group of worlds.
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