son
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).
Inflected forms:
form: sons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sonne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: sons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sonning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sonned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sonned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sonne
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: One's male offspring.
pos: noun
examples: Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
“We are pleased that LSST has now been named the Vera C. Rubin Observatory,” said Rubin’s sons Allan Rubin, David Rubin, and Karl Rubin in a statement.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.
gloss: A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
pos: noun
gloss: A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
pos: noun
examples: Eli called Samuel his son. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.
gloss: A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
pos: noun
examples: He was a son of the mafia system.
gloss: A person regarded as the product of some place.
pos: noun
examples: I hold it to be true, that the people are the sons of the soil; and we are only their instruments here.
gloss: A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
pos: noun
examples: Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?
Shepard: Stay with me. We're almost through this.
Admiral Anderson: You did good, son. You did good. I'm proud of you.
Shepard: Thank you, sir. Anderson?
gloss: An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
pos: noun
tags: New-York-City
UK
colloquial
gloss: The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.
pos: noun
examples: Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files.
After the update, the new file master file is the son. The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather. The grandfather and son files are stored in different locations.
gloss: To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I sonned a father who would not be sonned, […]
gloss: To address (someone) as "son".
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “Don't 'son' me.” “I'm old enough to be your father,” he said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
“Son—now's not the time, please.” “It's the perfect time—it's the best time fucking time I ever had. There's not gonna be another time, so don't son me, you bastard. […]”
Synonyms: boy
lad
Antonyms: daughter
father
mother
parent
Derived words: bachelor's son
batchelor's son
bioson
favorite son
favourite son
First Son
father to son
furson
godson
grandfather-father-son
grandson
I'll be a son of a gun
like father, like son
like father like son
mother's son
my son
native son
natural son
only son
paper son
prodigal son
sexy son hypothesis
sisterson
sonfucker
sonhead
sonhood
son-in-law
sonless
sonlike
sonling
sonly
sonness
sonnish
sonny
son of a
son of a bachelor
son of a biscuit
son of a bitch
son of a cunt
son of Adam
son of a duck
son of a fuck
son of a gun
son of a jackal
son of a motherless goat
son of a nutcracker
son of a sea-cook
son of a snake
son of a whore
son of bitch
son of God
Son of Man
son of privilege
son of the desert
son of the manse
son of the morning
son of the soil
son-out-law
sonship
stepson
the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot
whoreson
Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
Translations:
lang: Abaza
word: па
roman: pa
lang: Abkhaz
word: аԥа
roman: apa
lang: Abkhaz
word: аҧа
roman: apa
lang: Afrikaans
word: seun
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐕘𐔰𐕙
roman: ġar
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒌉
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒁉𒉏
roman: bīnum
lang: Albanian
word: bir
lang: Alutor
word: акык
roman: akǝk
lang: Alviri-Vidari
word: پوره
roman: pure
lang: Alviri-Vidari
word: زاک
roman: zāk
lang: Amharic
word: ወንድ ልጅ
roman: wänd ləǧ
lang: Andi
word: вошо
roman: vošo
lang: Ao
word: jabaso (Chungli)
lang: Chiricahua
word: -ghe’
lang: Chiricahua
word: -zhaa
lang: Chiricahua
word: -ye’ (Mescalero)
lang: Jicarilla
word: -yi’įį
lang: Western Apache
word: -ye’ (man’s son)
lang: Western Apache
word: ishkiinhn
lang: Western Apache
word: -zaa’é
lang: Western Apache
word: -za’é
lang: Western Apache
word: -’itł’ádn
lang: Western Apache
word: -nne’
lang: Western Apache
word: -nnde’
lang: Western Apache
word: -nde’
lang: Arabic
word: اِبْن
roman: ibn
lang: Aragonese
word: fillo
lang: Aramaic
word: ܒܪܐ
roman: bərā
lang: Aramaic
word: בְּרָא
roman: bərā
lang: Armenian
word: որդի
roman: ordi
lang: Armenian
word: տղա
roman: tġa
lang: Armenian
word: զավակ
roman: zavak
lang: Armenian
word: ուստր
roman: ustr
lang: Aromanian
word: hilj
lang: Aromanian
word: hiljiu
lang: Assamese
word: পুত
roman: put
lang: Assamese
word: পুত্ৰ
roman: putro
lang: Asturian
word: fíu
lang: Avar
word: вас
roman: was
lang: Avestan
word: 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀
roman: puθra
lang: Aymara
word: yuqa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: oğul
lang: Bactrian
word: πουρο
roman: pouro
lang: Baluchi
word: بچ
roman: bač
lang: Bashkir
word: ул
roman: ul
lang: Basque
word: seme
lang: Belarusian
word: сын
roman: syn
lang: Bengali
word: ছেলে
roman: chele
lang: Bengali
word: পুত্র
roman: putro
lang: Bengali
word: ওলদ
roman: ōlod
lang: Bengali
word: বেটা
roman: beṭa
lang: Bengali
word: ছাবাল
roman: chabal
lang: Bengali
word: ছাওয়াল
roman: chaōẇal
lang: Bengali
word: পোলা
roman: pōla
lang: Bengali
word: পো
roman: pō
lang: Bengali
word: পোয়া
roman: pōẇa
lang: Bhojpuri
word: बेटा
roman: bēṭā
lang: Brahui
word: maar
lang: Breton
word: mab
lang: Bulgarian
word: син
roman: sin
lang: Burmese
word: သား
roman: sa:
lang: Buryat
word: хүбүүн
roman: xübüün
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: сын
roman: sŷn
lang: Catalan
word: fill
lang: Cebuano
word: anak
lang: Cebuano
word: anak nga lalaki
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⴳ
roman: g
lang: Chechen
word: кӏант
roman: kʼant
lang: Chechen
word: воӏ
roman: voˀ
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏪᏥ
roman: uwetsi
lang: Chichewa
word: mwana wamwamuna
lang: Chickasaw
word: oshi'
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 仔
roman: zai²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 囝仔
roman: zai⁴ zai²
lang: Chinese
word: эрзы
roman: erzɨ
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 囝
roman: giāng
lang: Gan Chinese
word: 崽
roman: zai³
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 倈仔 /俫仔
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 孻仔 /𡥧仔
roman: lai-é
lang: Chinese
word: 囝
roman: kiáⁿ
lang: Chinese
word: 後生 /后生
roman: hāu-seⁿ, hāu-siⁿ
lang: Chinese
word: 後的 /后的
roman: hāu-ê
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 兒子 /儿子
roman: érzi, érzǐ
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 囝
roman: gṳ̌ing
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 兒子 /儿子
lang: Xiang Chinese
word: 崽
roman: zai³
lang: Chukchi
word: экык
lang: Chuvash
word: ывӑл
roman: yvăl
lang: West Circassian
word: къо
roman: qʷo
lang: Maore Comorian
word: mwana mutruɓaɓa
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: mwana-mme
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: mwana
lang: Coptic
word: ϣⲏⲣⲉ
roman: šēre
lang: Coptic
word: ϣⲏⲣⲓ
roman: šēri
lang: Coptic
word: ϣⲏⲗⲓ
roman: šēli
lang: Cornish
word: map
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: oğul
lang: Czech
word: syn
lang: Dalmatian
word: felj
lang: Danish
word: søn
lang: Old Danish
word: sun
lang: Dolgan
word: уол
lang: Dutch
word: zoon
lang: Egyptian
word: zA-Z1
roman: zꜣ
lang: Elamite
word: 𒐼𒀝
roman: šak
lang: Elfdalian
word: påyk
lang: Elfdalian
word: sun
lang: Emilian
word: fiôl
lang: Erzya
word: цёра
roman: ćora
lang: Eshtehardi
word: فوره
roman: fōra
lang: Esperanto
word: filo
lang: Estonian
word: poeg
lang: Even
word: хут
roman: hut
lang: Even
word: няруд
roman: ņarud
lang: Evenki
word: хутэ
roman: hutə
lang: Evenki
word: омолги
roman: omolgi
lang: Ewe
word: viŋutsu
lang: Extremaduran
word: iju
lang: Faliscan
word: fileo
lang: Faliscan
word: hileo
lang: Faroese
word: sonur
lang: Fataluku
word: moco
lang: Finnish
word: poika
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: filǐ
lang: French
word: fils
lang: North Frisian
word: dring
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: Suun
lang: West-Frisian
word: soan
lang: Friulian
word: fi
lang: Gagauz
word: ool
lang: Galician
word: fillo
lang: Ge'ez
word: ወልድ
roman: wäld
lang: Georgian
word: ვაჟიშვილი
roman: važišvili
lang: Georgian
word: ვაჟი
roman: važi
lang: Georgian
word: ძე
roman: ʒe
lang: Georgian
word: შვილი
roman: švili
lang: German
word: Sohn
lang: Bavarian German
word: Buab
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃
roman: sunus
lang: Greek
word: γιος
roman: gios
lang: Ancient Greek
word: υἱός
roman: huiós
lang: Greenlandic
word: erneq
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: a'y
lang: Guinea-Bissau Creole
word: fidju
lang: Gujarati
word: પુત્ર
roman: putra
lang: Haitian Creole
word: gason
lang: Hanunoo
word: anak lalaki
lang: Hausa
word: ɗa
lang: Hawaiian
word: keiki kāne
lang: Hebrew
word: בֵּן
roman: ben
lang: Hiligaynon
word: anak
lang: Hiligaynon
word: anak nga lalaki
lang: Hindi
word: बेटा
roman: beṭā
lang: Hindi
word: पिसर
roman: pisar
lang: Hungarian
word: fiú
lang: Icelandic
word: sonur
lang: Ido
word: filiulo
lang: Ikizu
word: umumura class 1
lang: Ilocano
word: anak
lang: Indonesian
word: putra
lang: Indonesian
word: putera
lang: Ingush
word: воӏ
roman: voˀ
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᐃᕐᓂᖅ
roman: irniq
lang: Inupiaq
word: iġñiq
lang: Irish
word: mac
lang: Old Irish
word: macc
lang: Primitive Irish
word: ᚋᚐᚊᚔ
roman: maqi
lang: Istriot
word: feîo
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: fiľ
lang: Italian
word: figlio
lang: Japanese
word: 息子
roman: musuko
lang: Japanese
word: 坊っちゃん
roman: botchan
lang: Japanese
word: せがれ
roman: segare
lang: Javanese
word: anak
lang: Javanese
word: anak lanang
lang: Jeju
word: 아ᄃᆞᆯ
roman: adawl
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: fidju
lang: Kaitag
word: урши́
roman: urší
lang: Kalmyk
word: көвүн
roman: kövün
lang: Kannada
word: ಮಗ
roman: maga
lang: Kapampangan
word: anak
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: улан
roman: ulan
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: джаш
roman: caş
lang: Karelian
word: poigu
lang: Pa'o Karen
word: ပို
lang: Kashmiri
word: نیٚچُو
roman: necuv
lang: Kashmiri
word: گۆبُر
roman: gobur
lang: Kashmiri
word: پۆتھٕر
roman: pothụr
lang: Kashubian
word: òtrok
lang: Kashubian
word: syn
lang: Kazakh
word: ұл
roman: ūl
lang: Khmer
word: កូនប្រុស
roman: koun proh
lang: Khmer
word: តន័យ
roman: taʼnay
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: пи
roman: pi
lang: Korean
word: 아들
roman: adeul
lang: Korean
word: 아드님
roman: adeunim
lang: Middle Korean
word: 아ᄃᆞᆯ〮
roman: àtól
lang: Kumyk
word: улан
roman: ulan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کوڕ
roman: kurr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kurr
lang: Kyrgyz
word: уул
roman: uul
lang: Ladino
word: fijo
lang: Ladino
word: ijo
lang: Lao
word: ລູກຊາຍ
roman: lūk sāi
lang: Latgalian
word: dāls
lang: Latin
word: filius
lang: Latin
word: natus
lang: Latvian
word: dēls
lang: Lepcha
word: ᰊᰃᰥᰧᰀᰪᰱ
roman: tagrikup
lang: Ligurian
word: fìggio
lang: Limburgish
word: zoon
lang: Lithuanian
word: sūnus
lang: Livonian
word: pūoga
lang: Lombard
word: fiö
lang: Lombard
word: fiœu
lang: Low German
word: Söhn
lang: Lutuv
word: sacapaa
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Sohn
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Jong
lang: Macedonian
word: син
roman: sin
lang: Maguindanao
word: wata
lang: Maguindanao
word: wata mama
lang: Makasae
word: mata
lang: Malagasy
word: zanakalahy
lang: Malay
word: anak lelaki
lang: Malay
word: anak
lang: Malayalam
word: മകൻ
roman: makaṉ
lang: Malayalam
word: പുത്രൻ
roman: putraṉ
lang: Malayalam
word: തനയൻ
roman: tanayaṉ
lang: Maltese
word: iben
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠠᡥᠠ ᠵᡠᡳ
roman: haha jui
lang: Manx
word: mac
lang: Māori
word: tamatāne
lang: Māori
word: tāmaroa
lang: Māori
word: tamaiti tāne
lang: Māori
word: tama
lang: Maranao
word: bata'
lang: Maranao
word: bata' a mama
lang: Marathi
word: मुलगा
roman: mulgā
lang: Eastern Mari
word: эрге
roman: erge
lang: Mirandese
word: filho
lang: Mòcheno
word: su'
lang: Moksha
word: цёра
roman: ćora
lang: Mongolian
word: хүү
roman: xüü
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠦᠦ
roman: küü
lang: Mwani
word: mwana
lang: Navajo
word: biyeʼ (man’s son)
lang: Navajo
word: biyáázh
lang: Tundra Nenets
word: ню
roman: nyu
lang: Nepali
word: छोरा
roman: chorā
lang: Nheengatu
word: aíra (man’s son)
lang: Nheengatu
word: membira
lang: Niuean
word: tama taane
lang: Nivkh
word: оғла
roman: oγla
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sønn
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: son
lang: Nuosu
word: ꌺ
roman: sse
lang: Occitan
word: filh
lang: Occitan
word: feyo (Shuadit)
lang: Odia
word: ପୁଅ
roman: pua
lang: Northern Ohlone
word: kāna 'ek'in̄is
lang: Ojibwe
word: ingozis
lang: Ojibwe
word: ningozis
lang: Church Slavic
word: сꙑнъ
roman: synŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱄⱏⰺⱀⱏ
roman: synŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: сꙑнъ
roman: synŭ
lang: Old English
word: sunu
lang: Old Galician-Portuguese
word: fillo
lang: Old Norse
word: sonr
lang: Old Tupi
word: a'yra
lang: Old Tupi
word: membyra
lang: Old Uyghur
word: 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽳𐾁
roman: ʾwqwl
lang: Oromo
word: ilma
lang: Ossetian
word: фырт
roman: fyrt
lang: Pali
word: पुत्त
roman: putta
lang: Pali
word: putta
lang: Pali
word: ปุตตะ
roman: putta
lang: Papiamentu
word: yiu
lang: Pashto
word: زوي
roman: zōy
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Soh
lang: Dari
word: پِسَر
roman: pisar
lang: Dari
word: بَچَه
roman: bača
lang: Dari
word: بَچَّه
roman: bačča
lang: Dari
word: فَرْزَنْد
roman: farzand
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پِسَر
roman: pesar
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پور
roman: pur
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فَرْزَنْد
roman: farzand
lang: Middle Persian
word: pus
lang: Middle Persian
word: puhr
lang: Old Persian
word: 𐎱𐎢𐏂
lang: Phoenician
word: 𐤁𐤍
roman: bn
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Sän
lang: Polabian
word: våtrük
lang: Polabian
word: såinkă
lang: Polish
word: syn
lang: Polish
word: synek
lang: Portuguese
word: filho
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪੁੱਤ
roman: putta
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪੁੱਤਰ
roman: puttar
lang: Punjabi
word: پُتَّر
roman: puttar
lang: Quechua
word: wawa
lang: Quechua
word: churi
lang: Romani
word: ćhavo
lang: Kalo Finnish Romani
word: tšau
lang: Vlax-Romani
word: ćhavo
lang: Romanian
word: fiu
lang: Romansh
word: figl
lang: Rouran
word: 去汾
lang: Russian
word: сын
roman: syn
lang: Russian
word: сыно́к
roman: synók
lang: Saho
word: barha
lang: Inari-Sami
word: kandâ
lang: Inari-Sami
word: pärni
lang: Northern Sami
word: bárdni
lang: Samoan
word: ataliʻi
lang: Sanskrit
word: पुत्र
roman: putra
lang: Sanskrit
word: तनय
roman: tanaya
lang: Sanskrit
word: आत्मज
roman: ātmaja
lang: Sanskrit
word: सूनु
roman: sūnu
lang: Santali
word: ᱜᱳᱱ
roman: gon
lang: Scots
word: son
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: си̑н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sȋn
lang: Sicilian
word: figghiu
lang: Sidamo
word: beetto
lang: Silesian
word: syn
lang: Sinhalese
word: පුතා
roman: putā
lang: Sirenik
word: нӯ
roman: nū
lang: Slovak
word: syn
lang: Slovene
word: sin
lang: Somali
word: wiil
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: syn
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: syn
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: synk
lang: Spanish
word: hijo
lang: Spanish
word: retoño
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒌉𒍑
roman: TUR.UŠ
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒌉
roman: DUMU
lang: Swahili
word: mwana
lang: Swahili
word: auladi
lang: Swahili
word: mtoto wa kiume
lang: Swedish
word: son
lang: Old Swedish
word: son
lang: Old Swedish
word: sun
lang: Tabasaran
word: бай
roman: baj
lang: Tagalog
word: anak
lang: Tagalog
word: anak na lalaki
lang: Tajik
word: писар
roman: pisar
lang: Tajik
word: пур
roman: pur
lang: Tamil
word: மகன்
roman: makaṉ
lang: Tamil
word: பிள்ளை
roman: piḷḷai
lang: Taos
word: ȕʼúna
lang: Tarantino
word: figghie
lang: Tarifit
word: mmi
lang: Tatar
word: ул
roman: ul
lang: Telugu
word: కొడుకు
roman: koḍuku
lang: Telugu
word: పుత్రుడు
roman: putruḍu
lang: Thai
word: ลูกชาย
roman: lûuk-chaai
lang: Tibetan
word: བུ
roman: bu
lang: Tibetan
word: སྲས
roman: sras
lang: Tigrinya
word: ወዲ
roman: wädi
lang: Tocharian A
word: se
lang: Tocharian B
word: soy
lang: Tok Pisin
word: pikinini man
lang: Tok Pisin
word: pikinini man bilong em
lang: Tswana
word: morwa
lang: Turkish
word: oğul
lang: Turkish
word: oğlan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوغل
roman: oğul
lang: Turkmen
word: ogul
lang: Tuvan
word: оол
roman: ool
lang: Tuvan
word: оглу
roman: oglu
lang: Udi
word: гъар
roman: ɣar
lang: Udmurt
word: пи
roman: pi
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎁𐎐
roman: bn
lang: Ukrainian
word: син
roman: syn
lang: Urdu
word: بیٹا
roman: beṭā
lang: Urdu
word: پِسَر
roman: pisar
lang: Uyghur
word: ئوغۇل
roman: oghul
lang: Uzbek
word: oʻgʻil
lang: Venetan
word: fìo
lang: Veps
word: poig
lang: Vietnamese
word: con trai
lang: Vilamovian
word: zun
lang: Vili
word: muana
lang: Volapük
word: son
lang: Walloon
word: fi
lang: Welsh
word: mab
lang: Wiradjuri
word: wurrumany
lang: Wolof
word: doom ju góor
lang: Xhosa
word: unyana
lang: Yaghnobi
word: жута
roman: žuta
lang: Yaghnobi
word: пулла
roman: pulla
lang: Yakut
word: уол
roman: uol
lang: Yakut
word: уол оҕо
roman: uol oğo
lang: Yámana
word: maku
lang: Yiddish
word: זון
roman: zun
lang: Yoruba
word: ọmọkùnrin
lang: Yoruba
word: ọmọ-ilé
lang: Yup'ik
word: irneq
lang: Zazaki
word: laj (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: lugmbauq
lang: Zhuang
word: lugcaiz
lang: Zhuang
word: lwgmbauq
lang: Zulu
word: indodana
lang: Arabic
word: اِبْن
roman: ibn
lang: Armenian
word: որդի
roman: ordi
lang: Catalan
word: fill
lang: Czech
word: syn
lang: Finnish
word: poika
lang: Finnish
word: lapsi
lang: Finnish
word: kasvatti
lang: Greek
word: γιος
roman: gios
lang: Hungarian
word: gyermek
lang: Lithuanian
word: sūnus
lang: Portuguese
word: filho
lang: Romani
word: ćhavo
lang: Russian
word: сын
roman: syn
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: си̑н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sȋn
lang: Slovak
word: syn
lang: Spanish
word: hijo