Son
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sÊŒn/
- Rhymes: -ÊŒn
- Homophones: sun
Origin
From Middle English sone, from Old English sunu ("son"), from Proto-Germanic *sunuz ("son"), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús ("son"), from Proto-Indo-European *seu̯H- ("to bear, give birth"). Cognate with Scots son ("son"), West Frisian soan ("son"), Eastern Frisian sone, suun ("son"), Dutch zoon ("son"), Afrikaans seun ("son"), Low German sone, son ("son"), German Sohn ("son"), Danish søn ("son"), Swedish son ("son"), Icelandic sonur ("son"), Lithuanian sÅ«nùs ("son"), Russian Ñын (syn, "son"), Avestan (hÅ«nuÅ¡, "son"), Sanskrit सूनॠ(sÅ«nú, "son"), Ancient Greek Ï…á¼±ÏÏ‚, υἱός (huiús, huiós, "son"), Albanian çun ("lad, boy, son"), Armenian Õ¸Ö‚Õ½Õ¿Ö€ (ustr, "son"), Tocharian B soy, soṃśke ("son").
Noun
son
(plural sons)- 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."
- A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
- 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.
- A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.He was a son of the mafia system.
- A male descendant.The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.
- A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
- unknown date Bruce Springsteen, "Working on the Highway":Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?
- (UK, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.