son

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Hypernyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Aromanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronoun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Adjective 4.2.1.1 Related terms 4.3 Anagrams 5 Galician 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Related terms 5.2 Verb 6 Northern Sami 6.1 Pronoun 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Derived terms 8 Spanish 8.1 Noun 8.2 Verb 9 Sranan Tongo 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 10 Swedish 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Pronunciation 10.3 Noun 10.3.1 Antonyms 10.3.2 Related terms 11 Turkish 11.1 Adjective 11.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English < Old English sunu < Proto-Germanic *sunuz < Proto-Indo-European *suHnús, from PIE root *sewH- (“‘to give birth’”).

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• IPA: /sʌn/, SAMPA: /sVn/
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  Rhymes: -ʌn

• Homophones: sun

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son (plural sons)

1. A male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.

   The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son, not a daughter."

2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoption 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 some external influence.

   He was a son of the mafia system.

5. A male descendant.

   The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.

6. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

   Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl? — Bruce Springsteen, "Working on the Highway"

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:son

[edit] Antonyms

• (with regards to gender) daughter
• (with regards to ancestry) father, mother, parent

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• child

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• Alphagram: nos , NOS, No.'s
• æons

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[edit] Aromanian

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Latin sonus

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son (plural sonuri)

1. sound

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

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son

1. Possessive pronoun of the third singular person for a singular male object; his, her.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin somnus

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son f. (plural sons)

1. sleep

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

Latin sonus.

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son m. (plural sons)

1. Sound.

   Le son de ce piano est agréable.

   The sound of this piano is nice.

2. Outside layer of a grain, bran

   Ceci est du pain de son.

   This bread is done with bran.

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From Vulgar Latin sum, from classical Latin suum.

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son m. (singular)

1. (possessive) His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).

   Elle a perdu son chapeau.

   She lost her hat.

   Il a perdu son chapeau.

   He lost his hat.

   J'aime son amie.

   I like her/his girlfriend.

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• Alphagram: nos

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[edit] Galician

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son m. (plural sons)

1. sound

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• sonoro

[edit] Verb

son

1. first-person singular present indicative of ser.
2. third-person plural present indicative of ser.

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[edit] Northern Sami

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son

1. he, she, it

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son m. (indeclinable)

1. sake, account

   Dèan seo air ar son. - Do this for our sake.

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• airson

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[edit] Spanish

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son m. (plural sones)

1. A pleasant sound, tone
2. An Afro-Cuban musical form.
3. A musical composition in this form.

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son (infinitive: ser)

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of ser.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of ser.

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[edit] Sranan Tongo

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From Dutch zon.

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son

1. sun

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Swedish son, sun, Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for son	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	son	sonen	söner	sönerna
Possessive form	sons	sonens	söners	sönernas

1. son; someone's male child
2. definite singular of so

[edit] Antonyms

• dotter

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• barn
• dotterson
• sonbarn
• sonson
• styvson
• svärson

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[edit] Turkish

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son

1. last, final.

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son

1. end