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sun·burn

Audio Help [suhn-burn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -burned or -burnt, -burn·ing.

–noun

1.	inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

2.	to affect or be affected with sunburn: An hour in the sun sunburned me severely. I sunburn easily.

[Origin: 1520–30; sun + burn¹

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sun·burn Audio Help   (sŭn'bûrn') Pronunciation Key
n.   Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.

tr. & intr.v.   sun·burned or sun·burnt (-bûrnt'), sun·burn·ing, sun·burns
To affect or be affected with sunburn.

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sunburn
noun
1.	a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan]
2.	redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
verb
1.	get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

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ˈsunburn noun

the brown or red colour of the skin caused by exposure to the sun's rays

Arabic:	سَفْعَه
Chinese (Simplified):	晒黑
Chinese (Traditional):	曬黑
Czech:	opálení
Danish:	solbrændthed; solskoldning
Dutch:	zonnebrand
Estonian:	päevitus
Finnish:	punoitus
French:	bronzage
German:	der Sonnenbrand
Greek:	έγκαυμα από έκθεση σε ηλιακή ακτινοβολία
Hungarian:	lesülés
Icelandic:	sólbruni
Indonesian:	warna coklat
Italian:	abbronzatura; scottatura

Japanese:	日焼け
Korean:	(햇볕에 탄) 황갈색 피부
Latvian:	iedegums
Lithuanian:	įdegimas, nudegimas
Norwegian:	solforbrenning; solbrenthet
Polish:	poparzenie słoneczne
Portuguese (Brazil):	bronzeado
Portuguese (Portugal):	queimadura de sol
Romanian:	bronz
Russian:	загар; солнечный ожог
Slovak:	opálenie
Slovenian:	zagorelost; opekline
Spanish:	(rojo) quemadura de sol; bronceado
Swedish:	solbränna
Turkish:	güneş yanığı