English Explanatory Dictionary

son

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One's male offspring.
  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
  3. 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.
  4. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
  5. A person regarded as the product of some place.
  6. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
  7. An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
  8. The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.
verb
  1. To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
  2. To address (someone) as "son".
noun
  1. Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.
name
  1. One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Initialism of supraoptic nucleus.
phrase
  1. Initialism of socked on the nose.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Sonora: a state of Mexico.

Pronunciation

/sʌn/ /sʊn/ /sɒn/ en-uk-son.ogg en-us-son.ogg

Word forms

son sons sonne sonning sonned the Son

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”).

Synonyms

boy lad

Antonyms

daughter father mother parent

Related words

Son of God Son of Man

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

Translations

Abaza: па Abkhaz: аԥа Abkhaz: аҧа Afrikaans: seun Aghwan: 𐕘𐔰𐕙 Akkadian: 𒌉 Akkadian: 𒁉𒉏 Albanian: bir Alutor: акык Alviri-Vidari: پوره Alviri-Vidari: زاک Amharic: ወንድ ልጅ Andi: вошо Ao: jabaso (Chungli) Chiricahua: -ghe’ Chiricahua: -zhaa Chiricahua: -ye’ (Mescalero) Jicarilla: -yi’įį Western Apache: -ye’ (man’s son) Western Apache: ishkiinhn Western Apache: -zaa’é Western Apache: -za’é Western Apache: -’itł’ádn Western Apache: -nne’ Western Apache: -nnde’ Western Apache: -nde’ Arabic: اِبْن Aragonese: fillo Aramaic: ܒܪܐ Aramaic: בְּרָא Armenian: որդի Armenian: տղա Armenian: զավակ Armenian: ուստր Aromanian: hilj Aromanian: hiljiu Assamese: পুত Assamese: পুত্ৰ Asturian: fíu Avar: вас Avestan: 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 Aymara: yuqa Azerbaijani: oğul Bactrian: πουρο Baluchi: بچ Bashkir: ул Basque: seme Belarusian: сын Bengali: ছেলে Bengali: পুত্র Bengali: ওলদ Bengali: বেটা Bengali: ছাবাল Bengali: ছাওয়াল Bengali: পোলা Bengali: পো Bengali: পোয়া Bhojpuri: बेटा Brahui: maar Breton: mab Bulgarian: син Burmese: သား Buryat: хүбүүн Carpathian Rusyn: сын Catalan: fill Cebuano: anak Cebuano: anak nga lalaki
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