son

CEFRA1

/sʌn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A male child in relation to his parents.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

Examples

  • The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride.

  • You need not have helped my son with his homework.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. One's male offspring.

  3. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.

More examples

In context

  • He was a son of the mafia system.

  • Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."

  • Like father, like son.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).