sunscreen

English

Etymology

From sun +‎ screen.

Noun

sunscreen (countable and uncountable, plural sunscreens)

1. A topical product for the skin containing organic compounds that absorb, and/or titanium dioxide that reflects the sun's ultraviolet radiation.
   • 2009, Elisabeth Hyde, In the Heart of the Canyon, page 55:

     Jill had Mark apply sunscreen to her back.
     "Bet these river guides get a lot of skin cancer", he said. He had a slappy, unpleasant way of doing it, and she struggled to keep her balance.

   • 2023 December 6, Jessica DeFino, “Too Many Products Can Stress Out Your Skin. Here’s How to Scale Back.”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     As for daytime sun protection, Dr. Bowe said mineral sunscreens made with zinc oxide may be gentler on sensitized skin than chemical formulas.

Hyponyms

• sunblock

Translations

cream that protects the skin from the sun

• Arabic: حَاجِبَة اَلْأَشِعَّة اَلشَّمْسِيَّة (ḥājiba(t) al-ʔašiʕʕa(t) aš-šamsiyya), وَاقِيَة مِنَ الشَّمْس (wāqiya(t) mina š-šams), كريم اَلشَّمْس
• Armenian: արեւապաշտպան քսուք (arewapaštpan kʻsukʻ)
• Catalan: crema solar f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 防曬 / 防晒 (fong⁴ saai³), 太陽油 / 太阳油 (taai³ joeng⁴ jau⁴)

  Mandarin: 防曬 / 防晒 (zh) (fángshài), 防曬霜 / 防晒霜 (zh) (fángshàishuāng)

• Cornish: dehen howl m
• Czech: opalovací krém m, krém na opalování m
• Danish: solbeskytter c
• Dutch: zonnebrandcrème (nl) f
• Finnish: aurinkosuoja, aurinkovoide (fi), aurinkorasva (fi)
• French: crème solaire (fr) f, écran solaire m
• Galician: protector solar m
• Georgian: მზისგან დამცავი კრემი
• German: Sonnencreme (de) f, Sonnenkreme (de) f, Sonnenschutzcreme f
• Hindi: सनस्क्रीन (sanaskrīn)
• Irish: grianbhac
• Italian: filtro solare m, crema solare f
• Japanese: サンスクリーン剤 (sansukurīn-zai), 日焼け止め剤 (ひやけどめざい, hiyakedome-zai)
• Korean: 자외선 차단제(紫外線遮斷劑) (jaoeseon chadanje), 선크림 (seonkeurim)
• Maori: pani ārai hihirā, ārai hihirā, ārai tīkākā, pani ārai tīkākā, (hinu) pare tīkākā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solkrem (no) m

  Nynorsk: solkrem m

• Persian: ضد آفتاب (zedd-e âftâb)
• Polish: krem do opalania (pl) m
• Portuguese: fotoprotetor m, filtro solar, protetor solar m
• Romanian: cremă de plajă f, cremă de protecție solară f
• Russian: солнцезащи́тный крем m (solncezaščítnyj krem), крем от зага́ра m (krem ot zagára)
• Spanish: protector / bloqueador solar m
• Swedish: solkräm (sv) c, solskyddsfaktor c, solskyddsmedel n, sololja (sv) c, solspray c
• Thai: ครีมกันแดด (kriim-gan-dɛ̀ɛt)
• Tibetan: ཉི་བཀྲག་འགོག (nyi bkrag 'gog)
• Turkish: güneş kremi (tr)
• Urdu: شمسی حافظ (śamsī-hāfiz), آفتابی حافظ (āftābī-hāfiz)
• Uzbek: quyosh kremi
• Vietnamese: kem chống nắng
• Welsh: eli haul (cy) m

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