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English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English sunu .

Noun

son

  1. one's male child
  2. can also be used by an older person addressing a non related young man or boy

Translations

  • Aragonese: fillo m
  • Breton: mab m mibien pl (1,2), mabig m (2)
  • Czech: syn m (1)
  • Catalan: fill m (ca)
  • Danish: søn
  • Dutch: zoon m
  • Esperanto: filo
  • Finnish: poika
  • French: fils m
  • German: Sohn m (de)
  • Guaraní: a'ýra (ta'ýra/ra'y/ita'ýra) (of a man); memby (of a woman)
  • Hebrew: בֵּן m (1,2)
  • Indonesian: putra , anak laki-laki
  • Interlingua: filio
    mac m1
  • Italian: figlio m
  • Japanese: 息子 (むすこ , musuko)
  • Korean: 아들 (a-deul: ko )
  • Latin: filius m
  • Norwegian: sønn m
  • Persian: پسر (pesar)
  • Polish: syn m
  • Portuguese: filho m
  • Romanian: fiu m
  • Russian: сын m (syn)
  • Slovene: sin m
  • Spanish: hijo m
  • Swedish: son c
  • Tok Pisin: pikinini man
  • Tupinambá: a'yra (t-, t-) (of a man); membyra (of a woman)
  • Turkish: oğul [-ğlu]
  • Ukrainian: син m

Catalan

Possessive pronoun

son

  1. Possessive pronoun of the third singular person for a singular male object.

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French

Homophones

sans

Noun

son m

  1. what we hear, 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.

Possessive pronoun

son m (f sa, pl ses)

  1. put in front of a masculine noun or a noun starting with a vowel, regardless of gender, to indicate that it belongs to him, her or it.
    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

Related words

sa f, ses pl

Translations

  • English: his, her, its (In English they have to accord with the person they refer to, in French with the word that follows them)

Spanish

Verb

son

  1. third person present tense plural indicative of ser

Translations

  • Dutch: zijn
  • Catalan: són
  • English: are
  • French: sont
  • Persian: هستند (hastand)

Swedish

Noun

son

  1. one's male child

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