Meaning

9 senses
  1. One's male offspring.

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

    сынsyn

    a male human offspring

  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

    Adoptivsohn

    приёмный сынprijómnyj syn, па́сынокpásynok

  3. 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.

    сынsyn

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

    He was a son of the mafia system.

  5. A person regarded as the product of some place.

  6. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

    сыно́кsynók

  7. (New York City, UK, colloquial)An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

  8. The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.

  9. (uncountable)Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.

Examples

3954 sentences
  1. My son grew 5 inches last year.

    Минулого року мій син виріс на п'ять дюймів.

    deMein Sohn ist im letzten Jahr 13 Zentimeter gewachsen.

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  2. I am disappointed in my son.

    Я розчарувався у своєму синові.

    deIch bin von meinem Sohn enttäuscht.

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  3. My son came to my room.

    Мій син прийшов до мене в кімнату.

    ruМой сын пришел в мою комнату.

    deMein Sohn kam in mein Zimmer.

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  4. I'd like to see my son.

    Я б хотів бачити свого сина.

    ruЯ хотел бы увидеть своего сына.

    deIch würde gern meinen Sohn sehen.

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  5. His son is eight years old.

    Його синові вісім років.

    ruЕго сыну восемь лет.

    deSein Sohn ist acht.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a male person in relation to his parents:
Русский
By meaning 2
a male person in relation to his parents:
an adopted son:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a male person in relation to his parents:
an adopted son:

Origin

From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West

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”).

From Spanish son (literally “tone, sound”).

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Forms

plural: sons
Singularson
Pluralsons

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus):WordLogos
  • a male human offspring:boy

Antonyms

4 antonyms
with regards to gender:daughterA1
with regards to ancestry:fatherA1

Word family

29 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • have a son
  • my son is
  • has three sons
  • son in law
  • his son to
  • a son who
  • of his son
  • oldest son
  • three sons
  • youngest youngest son
  • with his son
  • year old son

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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