"prodigal son" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prodigal sons [plural]
Etymology: With reference to Luke 15:11–32. Head templates: {{en-noun}} prodigal son (plural prodigal sons)
  1. Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behaviour. Categories (topical): People Related terms: kill the fatted calf Translations (one who returns): fill pròdig (Catalan), 浪子 (english: long⁶ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 浪子 (làngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), fortabte søn (Danish), verloren zoon [masculine] (Dutch), tuhlaajapoika (Finnish), fils prodigue [masculine] (French), გზასაცდენილი შვილი (gzasacdenili švili) (Georgian), გზასაცდენილი ძე (gzasacdenili ʒe) (Georgian), უძღები ძე (uʒɣebi ʒe) (Georgian), უძღები შვილი (uʒɣebi švili) (Georgian), ძე შეცდომილი (ʒe šecdomili) (Georgian), verlorener Sohn [masculine] (German), Zurückkehrer [masculine] (German), Heimkehrer [masculine] (German), άσωτος υιός (ásotos yiós) [masculine] (Greek), tékozló fiú (Hungarian), an mac díobhlásach [masculine] (Irish), an millteán mic [masculine] (Irish), figliol prodigo (Italian), figlio prodigo (Italian), 放蕩息子 (hōtō musuko) (Japanese), izšķērdīgais dēls [masculine] (Latvian), syn marnotrawny [masculine] (Polish), filho pródigo [masculine] (Portuguese), блу́дный сын (blúdnyj syn) [masculine] (Russian), изгубљени син [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), izgubljeni sin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hijo pródigo (Spanish), alibughang anak (Tagalog), mab afradlon [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-prodigal_son-en-noun-nl~pqtQn Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'one who returns': 89 11
  2. A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum). Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-prodigal_son-en-noun-3iQ4vDi5 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 73

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "one who returns",
      "word": "fill pròdig"
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      "sense": "one who returns",
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      "sense": "one who returns",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "one who returns",
      "word": "უძღები ძე"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "one who returns",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "an mac díobhlásach"
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      "sense": "one who returns",
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      "sense": "one who returns",
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      "sense": "one who returns",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who returns",
      "word": "hijo pródigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who returns",
      "word": "alibughang anak"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who returns",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mab afradlon"
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  "word": "prodigal son"
}

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