"sonny" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsʌni/ Audio: en-us-sonny.ogg [US] Forms: sonnies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌni Etymology: From son + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|son|y|id2=diminutive}} son + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} sonny (plural sonnies)
  1. (dated) A familiar form of address for a boy. Tags: dated Translations (a familiar form of address for a boy): filĉjo (Esperanto), poju (Finnish), fiston [masculine] (French), mein Junge [masculine] (German), Kleiner [masculine] (German), Söhnchen [masculine, neuter] (German), synek [masculine] (Polish), сыно́к (synók) [masculine] (Russian), сыно́чек (synóček) [masculine] (Russian), сыни́шка (syníška) [masculine] (Russian), macan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), hijo [masculine] (Spanish), mijo [masculine] (Spanish), hijito [masculine] (Spanish), mijito [masculine] (Spanish), сино́к (synók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), сино́чок (synóčok) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sonny-en-noun-Inr5ZRyY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'a familiar form of address for a boy': 74 26
  2. (colloquial, dated, derogatory) Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc. Tags: colloquial, dated, derogatory Synonyms: friend, buster, buddy, pal
    Sense id: en-sonny-en-noun-ZiVkLBLa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sonny boy, sonny Jim Related terms: sissy Translations (pejorative form of address): Freundchen [neuter] (German), fulano [masculine] (Spanish), mijo [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'pejorative form of address': 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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