Meaning: sun

Illustrative Context

During the day, the sun is in the sky; at night, it’s not.

Target Sense

• The term selected should be the basic, default word for the (earth’s) sun.
• In most languages this will be the term that is directly paired with the term for the IE-CoR meaning moon, in basic phrases such as sun and moon.
• Enter the literal term for the celestial body. Avoid loaded terms that inherently carry more specific senses of any sort, e.g. personifications of the sun, the sun seen in religious or mystical senses, the sun as a source of light, warmth and growth, etc..
• Avoid terms that inherently carry more specific senses of any type:
  • Avoid terms that refer primarily to the sun as the definition of day as opposed to night. Contrast with the definition of the separate IE-CoR meaning day.
  • Avoid narrower terms for specific stages or appearances of the sun, e.g. rising sun, setting sun.
• In some languages the basic sun term may be applied also to the stars of other planets, but do not select technical or astronomical cover-terms that do not by default, when not further qualified, refer specifically to the earth’s sun, i.e. star.
• See also the IE-CoR meanings moon and day.