Meanings
suntan1
present singular third person suntans · participle present suntanning · participle past suntanned · past suntanned
- To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light.
- To attempt to obtain a suntan.
Suntan2
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe ship of characters Sunny and Kel from the videogame Omori.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Suntan · proper noun
From suntan, in reference to Sunny's name and Kel's tanned skin.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سُمْرَة شَمْسِيَّة, سُمْرَة
- سُمْرَة شَمْسِيَّة (sumra šamsiyya)darkening of the skin
- سُمْرَة (sumra)darkening of the skin
Bulgarian слъ́нчев зага́р, зага́р
- слъ́нчев зага́р (slắnčev zagár)darkening of the skin
- зага́р (zagár)darkening of the skin
- почернявам (počernjavam)to obtain a suntan
Catalan bronzejar-se
- bronzejar-seto obtain a suntan
Chinese Mandarin 曬黑 /晒黑
- 曬黑 /晒黑 (shàihēi)darkening of the skin
Czech opálení
- opálenídarkening of the skin
Dutch zonnebruin
- zonnebruindarkening of the skin
Finnish rusketus, ruskettaa
- rusketusdarkening of the skin
- ruskettaato attempt to obtain a suntan
- ruskettuato obtain a suntan
French bronzage, bronzer
- bronzagedarkening of the skin
- bronzerto attempt to obtain a suntan
- bronzerto obtain a suntan
- hâlerto obtain a suntan
German Bräune, Sonnenbräune
- Bräunedarkening of the skin
- Sonnenbräunedarkening of the skin
Hungarian lesülés, lebarnulás
- lesülésdarkening of the skin
- lebarnulásdarkening of the skin
Italian abbronzatura, abbronzarsi
- abbronzaturadarkening of the skin
- abbronzarsito obtain a suntan
Japanese 日焼け, サンタン
- 日焼け (hiyake)darkening of the skin
- サンタン (santan)darkening of the skin
Korean 선탠
- 선탠 (seontaen)darkening of the skin
Polish opalenizna, opalać się
- opaleniznadarkening of the skin
- opalać sięto attempt to obtain a suntan
- opalić sięto attempt to obtain a suntan
- opalać sięto obtain a suntan
- opalić sięto obtain a suntan
Portuguese bronzeado, bronze
- bronzeadodarkening of the skin
- bronzedarkening of the skin
- bronzear-seto obtain a suntan
Romanian bronzare
- bronzaredarkening of the skin
Russian зага́р, загора́ть
- зага́р (zagár)darkening of the skin
- загора́ть (zagorátʹ)to attempt to obtain a suntan
- загора́ть (zagorátʹ)to obtain a suntan
- загоре́ть (zagorétʹ)to obtain a suntan
Slovak opálenie, opaľovať sa
- opáleniedarkening of the skin
- opaľovať sato attempt to obtain a suntan
- opáliť sato obtain a suntan
Spanish bronceado, broncearse
- bronceadodarkening of the skin
- broncearseto obtain a suntan
Swedish solbränna, bränna
- solbrännadarkening of the skin
- brännadarkening of the skin
- solato attempt to obtain a suntan
- solbadato attempt to obtain a suntan
Turkish bronzlaşma
- bronzlaşmadarkening of the skin
Ukrainian засма́га, сма́га
- засма́га (zasmáha)darkening of the skin
- сма́га (smáha)darkening of the skin
- смага́ (smahá)darkening of the skin
- зага́р (zahár)darkening of the skin
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Cite this entry
suntan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suntan
“suntan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suntan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suntan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suntan.
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