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Plural of sun

regular plural

The plural of sun is suns.

Forms of sun

Singularsun /sʌn/
Pluralsuns /sʌnz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Plural of sun by meaning

  1. a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.: suns
  2. a traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).: suns or sun

Suns in a sentence

  • From the ground it could almost look like two suns in the sky, creating a Tatooine effect.2023 October 30, Joe Scott, What Would Happen If The Earth Had Rings?. From the entry Tatooine
  • As the revered Mao has said, 'There cannot be two suns in the same sky.'1968, Edward S. Aarons, Assignment—Nuclear Nude, Fawcett Publications, page 135. From the entry mao
  • The wavy he suns himself here—like a cat purring in his luxuriation.1920, D. H. Lawrence, Touch and Go, Act II, page 69. From the entry luxuriation
  • Ardent suns had likewise tanned his face till it was swarthy as a Spaniard's.1912, Jack London, chapter 1, in A Son Of The Sun. From the entry incongruous
  • The red-hot particles glowed like ten thousand little suns, radiating from one center.1908, Raymond McDonald, The Mad Scientist: A Tale of the Future, Cochrane Publishing Company, page 242. From the entry mad scientist

Meaning of sun

  1. proper noun The star that is closest to the Earth.
  2. noun A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  3. noun The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight.

Full definition of sun

Questions about the plural of sun

What is the plural of sun?
The plural of sun is suns.
Is sun countable?
Sun is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sun (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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