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 Definitions of suntan  [ˈsʌnˌtæn]  

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Definition of 'suntan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) suntan
a darkening of the skin caused by exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp.

2.  suntan
a light to medium yellow-brown.

Etymology:  (1900–05)

Definition of 'suntan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

2. (verb) suntan
get a tan from being exposed to the sun


Definition of 'suntan' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) suntan
sb's skin when it has been darkened by the sun
a golden suntan


Definition of 'suntan' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  suntan
An induced skin pigment (MELANIN) darkening after exposure to SUNLIGHT or ULTRAVIOLET RAYS. The degree of tanning depends on the intensity and duration of UV exposure, and genetic factors.


Translation of 'suntan' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a brown colour of the skin caused by exposure to the sun
I'm trying to get a suntan.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sonbruin Arabic flag Arabic: إسْمِرار الوَجْه، تَسَفُّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bronzeamento Czech flag Czech: opálení German flag German: die Bräune
Danish flag Danish: blive brun; blive solbræn Greek flag Greek: μαύρισμα του δέρματος από Spanish flag Spanish: bronceado
Estonian flag Estonian: päevitus Farsi flag Farsi: پوست برنزه Finnish flag Finnish: rusketus
French flag French: bronzage Hebrew flag Hebrew: שִיזוּף Hindi flag Hindi: धूपताम्रता
Croatian flag Croatian: preplanulost Hungarian flag Hungarian: lesülés Indonesian flag Indonesian: warna coklat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sólbrúnka Italian flag Italian: abbronzatura Japanese flag Japanese: 日焼け
Korean flag Korean: 햇볕에 그을음, 볕에 그을린 빛 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įdegimas Latvian flag Latvian: iedegums
Malay flag Malay: sawo matang Dutch flag Dutch: bruine kleur Norwegian flag Norwegian: (sol)brunhet
Polish flag Polish: opalenizna Persian flag Persian: پوست برنزه Pashto flag Pashto: د لمر په واسطه دپوستکی خی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bronzeamento Romanian flag Romanian: bronz Russian flag Russian: загар
Slovak flag Slovak: opálenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: ogorelost Serbian flag Serbian: preplanulost
Swedish flag Swedish: solbränna Thai flag Thai: ผิวหนังเป็นสีน้ำตาลเนื่อง Turkish flag Turkish: bronzlaşma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 曬黑 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: засмага, загар Urdu flag Urdu: زیادہ گرمی میں رہنے کی وج
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự rám nắng Chinese flag Chinese: 晒黑

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