Nearby words
Origin of son
before 900; Middle English sone, Old English sunu; cognate with Dutch zoon, German Sohn, Old Norse sunr, sonr, Gothic sunus, Lithuanian sūnùs, Sanskrit sūnus; akin to Greek huiós
Related forms
son·less, adjectiveson·like, adjectiveDefinition for son (2 of 2)
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British Dictionary definitions for son (1 of 2)
son
/ (sʌn) /
noun
a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
a male descendant
(often capital) a familiar term of address for a boy or man
a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environmenta son of the circus; a son of the manse
Related forms
Related adjective: filialDerived Forms
sonless, adjectivesonlike, adjectiveWord Origin for son
Old English sunu; related to Old Norse sunr, Gothic sunus, Old High German sunu, Lithuanian sūnus, Sanskrit sūnu
British Dictionary definitions for son (2 of 2)
Son
/ (sʌn) /
noun
Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ
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Idioms and Phrases with son
son
In addition to the idiom beginning with son
- song and dance
- son of a bitch
also see:
- favorite son
- like father, like son
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