sunburn

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”), Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnbɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnbɜːn/

sunburn (countable and uncountable, plural sunburns)

1. A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.

• sunburnt
• windburn

sunburn (third-person singular simple present sunburns, present participle sunburning, simple past and past participle sunburned)

1. (intransitive) To receive a sunburn.
2. (transitive) To burn or discolour by the sun; to tan.
   • Dryden

     Sunburnt and swarthy though she be.

• unburns