American English
/sən/
One syllable.
The bright star that is closest to Earth and gives us light and heat.
“Sun” is usually pronounced with a clear short vowel: /sən/. In fast, natural speech, that vowel may become very small, so the word can sound almost like /sn̩/.
The bright star that is closest to Earth and gives us light and heat.
The sun is very bright today.
The sun rises at six in summer.
Usually use the before sun when you mean the star in our sky.
the sun rises · the sun sets
the sun + verb
the sun is + adjective
The light and heat that come from the sun.
We sat in the sun after lunch.
This room gets little sun.
sit in the sun · direct sun
verb + in the sun
from the sun