sunny

See also: Sunny

English

sunny sky with clouds

Etymology

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌni/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌni
Homophone: sonny

Adjective

sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)

(of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
(of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
the sunny side of a hill

I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
(figuratively) Cheerful.
a person with a sunny disposition
- c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
- 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge(please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
  A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
- 1849, The Literary Garland, page 244:
  Unloved, and uncaressed, her childhood unbrightened by the sunny mirth of that age, her girlhood a gloomy period of austere seclusion […]
- 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:
  Sunak is a sunnier character than DeSantis, who could illuminate a stage by getting off it. He is also the more reliable friend of Ukraine. Other than that, their oneness is striking.
- 2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:
  Altman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
  sunny beams
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  the four winds blow in from every coast
  Renownèd suitors, and her sunny locks
  Hang on her temples like a golden fleece

Synonyms

(weather, day): bright; sunshiny
(place): sunlit
(person): bright, cheerful

Derived terms

Translations

weather, day

Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: افتوی (oftovi)
Arabic: مُشْمِس (mušmis), شَامِس (ar) (šāmis)
South Levantine Arabic: مشمّس (mšammes)
Belarusian: со́нечны (sónječny)
Breton: heoliek (br)
Bulgarian: слъ́нчев (bg) (slǎ́nčev)
Catalan: asolellat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晴朗 (zh) (qínglǎng)
Cornish: howlyek
Czech: slunečný (cs)
Dutch: zonnig (nl)
Esperanto: suna
Estonian: päikseline (et)
Finnish: auringonpaisteinen (fi), aurinkoinen (fi)
French: ensoleillé (fr)
Galician: solleiro m
Georgian: მზიანი (mziani)
German: sonnig (de), heiter (de)
Greek: έχει λιακάδα (échei liakáda)
Hindi: धूपदार (dhūpdār), आफताबी (hi) (āphtābī)
Hungarian: napos (hu)
Indonesian: cerah (id)
Irish: grianmhar
Italian: soleggiato (it) m, soleggiata (it) f
Japanese: 晴れた (ja) (はれた, hareta)
Khmer: មានថ្ងៃ (mien tŋay), ចេញថ្ងៃ (cəɲ tŋay)
Korean: 맑다 (ko) (makda), 화창하다 (ko) (hwachanghada)
Lao: ແດດຮ້ອນ (dǣt hǭn)
Latin: aprīcus
Latvian: saulains
Low German:
German Low German: sünnig
Luxembourgish: sonneg
Macedonian: сончев m (sončev)
Malay: cerah (ms)
Mongolian: нарлаг (mn) (narlag)
Old English: *sunniġ
Persian: آفتابی (fa) (âftâbi)
Plautdietsch: sonnich
Polish: słoneczny (pl)
Portuguese: ensolarado (pt), solarengo
Romanian: însorit (ro)
Romansch: sulegliv (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), sulagliv (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader), sugliagleiv (Surmiran)
Russian: со́лнечный (ru) (sólnečnyj)
Sardinian: solianu
Scottish Gaelic: grianach
Serbo-Croatian: sùnčan (sh)
Shor: кӱнниг (künnig)
Slovak: slnečný (sk)
Slovene: sončen (sl)
Spanish: asoleado (es), soleado (es)
Sundanese: lénglang
Swedish: solig (sv)
Tagalog: maaraw
Thai: แดดร้อน (dàet-rón)
Turkish: güneşli (tr)
Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj)
Urdu: آفتابی (ur) (āftābī), دھوپ دار (dhūp-dār), آفتاب گوں (āftāb-gū̃)
Vietnamese: nắng (vi)
Welsh: heulog (cy)
Yiddish: זוניק (zunik)

place

Bulgarian: слънчев (bg) (slǎnčev)
Catalan: asolellat
Dutch: zonnig (nl)
Esperanto: suna, sunplena
Finnish: aurinkoinen (fi)
French: ensoleillé (fr)
Galician: solleiro, sollío, solloso
Greek: ηλιόλουστος (el) (ilióloustos)
Ancient: προσήλιος (prosḗlios)
Hungarian: napfényes (hu), napos (hu)
Italian: soleggiato (it) m, soleggiata (it) f
Latin: aprīcus
Latvian: saulains
Macedonian: сончев (sončev)
Maori: matanui (of the aspect of land)
Plautdietsch: sonnich
Portuguese: ensolarado (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: sùnčan (sh)
Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj)

cheerful

Bulgarian: весел (bg) (vesel), лъчезарен (bg) (lǎčezaren)
Catalan: radiant
Dutch: zonnig (nl)
Finnish: iloinen (fi), aurinkoinen (fi)
Latvian: saulains
Macedonian: весел m (vesel)
Portuguese: ensolarado (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: vȅseo (sh), rȁdostan (sh)

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Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} günəşli

Adverb

sunny (not comparable)

(US, regional) sunny side up

Noun

sunny (plural sunnies)

A sunfish.