"ray of sunshine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rays of sunshine [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rays of sunshine}} ray of sunshine (plural rays of sunshine)
  1. sunbeam, sunray Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-ray_of_sunshine-en-noun-Mt90oPDu Disambiguation of Light: 95 5
  2. (figurative, endearing) A person (or thing) that brings happiness into the lives of others. Tags: endearing, figuratively Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (person or thing that brings happiness): päivänsäde (Finnish), ilopilleri (Finnish), rayon de soleil [masculine] (French), Sonnenschein [masculine] (German), solstråle [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), solstråle [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rază de soare [feminine] (Romanian), la alegría de la huerta [colloquial] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ray_of_sunshine-en-noun-FM9IqlaO Disambiguation of Happiness: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'person or thing that brings happiness': 1 99

Inflected forms

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