"sunbeam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sunbeams [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sonnebeem, sonne beem, from Old English sunnbēam, sunnebēam (“sunbeam”), equivalent to sun + beam. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sonnebeem}} Middle English sonnebeem, {{m|enm|sonne beem}} sonne beem, {{inh|en|ang|sunnbēam}} Old English sunnbēam, {{m|ang|sunnebēam|t=sunbeam}} sunnebēam (“sunbeam”), {{com|en|sun|beam}} sun + beam Head templates: {{en-noun}} sunbeam (plural sunbeams)
  1. A visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight. Categories (topical): Light Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies Translations (narrow, intense ray of sunlight): sonstraaltjie (Afrikaans), sonstraal (Afrikaans), zonne radius (Afrikaans), слънчев лъч (slǎnčev lǎč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 陽光 (Chinese Mandarin), 阳光 (yángguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 日光 (rìguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), sluneční paprsek [masculine] (Czech), zonnestraal (Dutch), sunradio (Esperanto), auringonsäde (Finnish), rayon de soleil [masculine] (French), raiola [feminine] (Galician), Sonnenstrahl [masculine] (German), ηλιαχτίδα (iliachtída) [feminine] (Greek), napsugár (Hungarian), sólargeisli [masculine] (Icelandic), raggio di sole [masculine] (Italian), 日光 (nikkō) (alt: にっこう) (Japanese), 햇빛 (haetbit) (Korean), 일광 (ilgwang) (Korean), sonnebeem (Middle English), shá bitłʼóól (Navajo), solstråle [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), solstråle [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), طنب (tunub) (Ottoman Turkish), پرتو آفتاب (partow-e âftâb) (Persian), raio solar [masculine] (Portuguese), raio de sol [masculine] (Portuguese), rază de soare (Romanian), со́лнечный луч (sólnečnyj luč) [masculine] (Russian), आतप (ātapa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), deò-ghrèine [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), sunčana zraka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rayo de sol (Spanish), kianga (Swahili), solstråle [common-gender] (Swedish), хүн хүртү (xün xürtü) (Tuvan)
    Sense id: en-sunbeam-en-noun-V4k7xSpK Disambiguation of Light: 33 9 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 15 18 27 23 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 27 15 17 26 Disambiguation of 'narrow, intense ray of sunlight': 71 4 2 2 21
  2. (Australia, colloquial, dated) An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed. Tags: Australia, colloquial, dated Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies
    Sense id: en-sunbeam-en-noun-tdlfxFyk Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 15 18 27 23 17 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 27 15 17 26
  3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis. Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies
    Sense id: en-sunbeam-en-noun-PNrjtGVm Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 15 18 27 23 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 27 15 17 26
  4. Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis. Categories (topical): Light Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies, Hummingbirds
    Sense id: en-sunbeam-en-noun-aqenxXGr Disambiguation of Light: 33 9 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 15 18 27 23 17 Disambiguation of Hummingbirds: 15 17 19 32 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 27 15 17 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 21 21 26 14
  5. (UK) Synonym of sunshine (“ironic form of address to an inferior or troublemaker”) Tags: UK Categories (topical): Light Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies
    Sense id: en-sunbeam-en-noun-8OyFlaVF Disambiguation of Light: 33 9 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Gossamer-winged butterflies: 15 18 27 23 17 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 27 15 17 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angled sunbeam (taxonomic: Curetis acuta), bright sunbeam (taxonomic: Curetis bulis), toothed sunbeam (taxonomic: Curetis dentata), Burmese sunbeam (taxonomic: Curetis saronis), Shiva's sunbeam (taxonomic: Curetis siva), Indian sunbeam (taxonomic: Curetis thetis) Related terms: sunbeamed

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2001, Raymond L. Lee, Alistair B. Fraser, The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science, page 116",
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          "ref": "1987, Doctor Who (TV series), Paradise Towers (aired 5 October)",
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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      "taxonomic": "Curetis acuta",
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    },
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      "taxonomic": "Curetis bulis",
      "word": "bright sunbeam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Curetis dentata",
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    },
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      "taxonomic": "Curetis saronis",
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      "taxonomic": "Curetis siva",
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      "taxonomic": "Curetis thetis",
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "1957, Rudolf Arnheim, Film as Art, page 90",
          "text": "I cut-in various other material to this; for instance, a shot of a rushing brook in springtime, with dancing sunbeams reflected in the water; of birds splashing in the village pond; and, finally, of a laughing child.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Raymond L. Lee, Alistair B. Fraser, The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science, page 116",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Lotte H. Eisner, translated by Roger Greaves, The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt, published 1952, page 68",
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      "categories": [
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        "English colloquialisms",
        "English dated terms"
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      "glosses": [
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        {
          "ref": "1987, Doctor Who (TV series), Paradise Towers (aired 5 October)",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "sonstraaltjie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
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    },
    {
      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "zonne radius"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "slǎnčev lǎč",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слънчев лъч"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "陽光"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yángguāng",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "阳光"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rìguāng",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "日光"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sluneční paprsek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "zonnestraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "sunradio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "auringonsäde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rayon de soleil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raiola"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sonnenstrahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "iliachtída",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ηλιαχτίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "napsugár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sólargeisli"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raggio di sole"
    },
    {
      "alt": "にっこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nikkō",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "日光"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haetbit",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "햇빛"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ilgwang",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "일광"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "sonnebeem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "shá bitłʼóól"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solstråle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solstråle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tunub",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "طنب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "partow-e âftâb",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "پرتو آفتاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raio solar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raio de sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "rază de soare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sólnečnyj luč",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "со́лнечный луч"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ātapa",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आतप"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deò-ghrèine"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sunčana zraka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "rayo de sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "kianga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "solstråle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "xün xürtü",
      "sense": "narrow, intense ray of sunlight",
      "word": "хүн хүртү"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sunbeam"
  ],
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}

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