sunlight

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equivalent to sun +‎ light. Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ Rhymes: -ʌnlaɪt Hyphenation: sun‧light === Noun === sunlight (countable and uncountable, plural sunlights) All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. Hypernyms: starlight (broad sense only) < natural light < light < EMR, electromagnetic radiation < radiation < energy Meronym: sunbeams Coordinate terms: starlight (usual idiomatic sense), moonlight Near-synonym: daylight (figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook. Synonyms: sunshine, sunniness Synonym of sunrise. Synonyms: daylight, daybreak, dayspring, dawn; see also Thesaurus:dawn (attributive) Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”). ==== Synonyms ==== (light from the sun): daylight, sun, sunshine (brightness): hope, optimism (sunrise): break of day, first light, sunup; see also Thesaurus:dawn ==== Derived terms ==== Port Sunlight synchro-sunlight sunlight is the best disinfectant ==== Related terms ==== sunbeam ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sunlight (third-person singular simple present sunlights, present participle sunlighting, simple past and past participle sunlighted) To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime. === References === sunlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === hustling, unlights