prodigal son

English

Etymology

With reference to Luke 15:11–32.

Noun

prodigal son (plural prodigal sons)

1. Someone who returns home from travelling, especially having repented of former extravagant behaviour.
2. A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

Translations

one who returns

• Catalan: fill pròdig
• Chinese: 浪子
• Danish: fortabte søn
• Dutch: verloren zoon m
• Finnish: tuhlaajapoika
• French: fils prodigue m
• Georgian: გზასაცდენილი შვილი (gzasacdenili švili), გზასაცდენილი ძე (gzasacdenili ʒe), უძღები ძე (uʒɣebi ʒe), უძღები შვილი (uʒɣebi švili), ძე შეცდომილი (ʒe šecdomili)
• German: verlorener Sohn m, Zurückkehrer m, Heimkehrer (de) m
• Greek: άσωτος υιός (el) m (ásotos yiós)
• Hungarian: tékozló fiú (hu)
• Irish: an mac díobhlásach m, an millteán mic m
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• Italian: figliol prodigo, figlio prodigo
• Japanese: 放蕩息子 (hōtō musuko)
• Latvian: izšķērdīgais dēls m
• Polish: syn marnotrawny (pl) m
• Portuguese: filho pródigo (pt) m
• Russian: блу́дный сын (ru) m (blúdnyj syn)
• Serbo-Croatian: izgubljeni sin
• Spanish: hijo pródigo
• Tagalog: alibughang anak
• Welsh: mab afradlon m

cobia — see cobia

References

• prodigal son on Wikipedia.Wikipedia