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son

/sʌn/ symbol

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In Latin: filius, natus Wiktionary

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  1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Songhay languages.

noun

  1. One's male offspring.
    Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
  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.

verb

  1. To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
  2. To address (someone) as "son".

noun

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

Origin

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”).

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