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sunburn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsʌnˌbɝn/ (General-American)
• /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
2. (countable, uncountable) A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) Suntan.
   • The neutral colours showed off her café au lait sunburn. 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 22, in Diamonds Are Forever:

Forms

Coordinates

snowburn · windburn · waterburn

Deriveds

sunburnlike · Indian sunburn

Relateds

sunburnt

Synonyms

sunscald

Translations (54)

th ผิวไหม้ (burn on skin) · ru со́лнечный ожо́г (burn on skin) · to fohia (burn on skin) · pt escaldão (burn on skin) · ms selaran matahari (burn on skin) · es quemadura solar (burn on skin) · mk изгоре́ница (burn on skin) · pl oparzenie słoneczne (burn on skin) · cmn 曬傷 /晒伤 (burn on skin) · ar حَرْق شَمْسِيّ (burn on skin) · ko 햇볕에 탐 (burn on skin) · nrf coup d'solé (burn on skin) · nrf êcaudeuse (burn on skin) · mrw bembad (burn on skin) · it eritema solare (burn on skin) · ka მზის დამწვრობა (burn on skin) · tr güneş yanığı (burn on skin) · es quemadura de piel (burn on skin) · th แดดเผา (burn on skin) · fr coup de soleil (burn on skin) · cs spálení (burn on skin) · de Sonnenbrand (burn on skin) · km រោលថ្ងៃ (burn on skin) · ga griandó (burn on skin) · tl katim (burn on skin) · th ถูกแดดเผา (burn on skin) · tl paso ng araw (burn on skin) · fi auringonpolttama (burn on skin) · ja 日焼け (burn on skin) · sv solskada (burn on skin) · th การถูกแดดเผา (burn on skin) · hu leégés (burn on skin) · mi tīkākā (burn on skin) · ang sunbryne (burn on skin) · sk spálenie (burn on skin) · bo ཉི་སྲེག (burn on skin) · ar لَفْح الشَّمْس (burn on skin) · dsb wopalenje wót słyńca (burn on skin) · sm mu o le la (burn on skin) · io sunbrulo (burn on skin) · az günəş yanığı (burn on skin) · es quemadura (burn on skin) · gd losgadh na grèine (burn on skin) · vi cháy nắng (burn on skin) · fr actinite (burn on skin) · ga dó gréine (burn on skin) · it scottatura solare (burn on skin) · cmn 曬熟 /晒熟 (burn on skin) · uk сонячний опік (burn on skin) · km សុរិយរោគ (burn on skin) · th การแก้ผิวไหม้ (burn on skin) · it ustione solare (burn on skin) · sv solbränna (burn on skin) · pt queimadura solar (burn on skin)

sunburn en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsʌnˌbɝn/ (General-American)
• /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To receive a sunburn.
   • 1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, Volume 2, p. 199, […] there is a Country, in the World, call’d Turkey; where Women are secur’d against the Danger of Sun-burning, by being kept out of the open Air, and lock’d up, like other Jewels, in Places where no Mischief can reach ’em.
   • All foliage is necessary in Texas to keep the tomato fruit from sunburning. 2012, Greg Grant, Texas Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, Minneapolis: Cool Springs Press, →ISBN, pages 148–149:
   • c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64, I have brought Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you From sun-burning.
2. (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.
   • “Oh shoot, I’ve sunburned the top half of my boobs,” she said, frowning down her chest. 1989, Barbara Kingsolver, chapter 7, in The Bean Trees, New York: Harper and Row, page 95:
   • As we crossed the Colorado-Utah border I saw God in the sky in the form of huge gold sunburning clouds above the desert […] 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3:
   • If you are serious about protecting your eyes, look into wearing goggles or alpine glasses that protect the sides of the eyes as well as the direct path of light into them. I once hiked up Mary’s Glacier wearing only a hat. That night after the hike I couldn’t sleep. I had sunburnt my eyes. It felt like hot pokers were being stuffed into my head. I could not open my eyes for four days. 1998, Kevin Ryan, The Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding, Masters Press, The McGraw-Hill Companies, →ISBN, page 106:
   • My Aunt charg’d me not to pull off my Glove for fear of Sun-burning my hand. 1668, John Dryden, Sir Martin Mar-all, London: H. Herringman, act II, page 11:

Forms

Translations (21)

pl dostać oparzenia słonecznego (to receive a sunburn) · fi polttaa itsensä auringossa (to receive a sunburn) · io sunbrular (to receive a sunburn) · fr attraper un coup de soleil (to receive a sunburn) · nl verbranden (to receive a sunburn) · ja 日に焼ける (to receive a sunburn) · pt apanhar um escaldão (to receive a sunburn) · pl dostawać oparzenia słonecznego (to receive a sunburn) · sk spáliť sa (to receive a sunburn) · uk обгорати на сонці (to receive a sunburn) · kk күю (to receive a sunburn) · de Sonnenbrand bekommen (to receive a sunburn) · tr yanmak (to receive a sunburn) · uk обгоріти на сонці (to receive a sunburn) · mk изгорува (to receive a sunburn) · ru обгоре́ть на со́лнце (to receive a sunburn) · ru получи́ть со́лнечный ожо́г (to receive a sunburn) · es quemarse la piel (to receive a sunburn) · cs spálit se (to receive a sunburn) · unm sëkhìksu (to receive a sunburn) · gl rescaldar (to receive a sunburn)