"Son" meaning in English

See Son in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Son [canonical]
Etymology: From son (“male offspring”). Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Son}} the Son
  1. (Christianity) one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: Son of God, Son of Man Coordinate_terms: the Father, Holy Ghost, Trinity Translations (one of the three persons of the Trinity): Seun (Afrikaans), ٱَلِٱبْنُ (al-ibn) [masculine] (Arabic), Fill [masculine] (Catalan), 聖子 /圣子 (english: sing³ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), (zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 聖子 /圣子 (Shèngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), (Zǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), Zoon [masculine] (Dutch), Fils [masculine] (French), Υιός (Yiós) [masculine] (Greek), Anak (Iban), Figlio [masculine] (Italian), 성자 (seongja) (Korean), Filius [masculine] (Latin), Anak (Malay), Putera (Malay), Filho [masculine] (Portuguese), Hijo [masculine] (Spanish), y Mab (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Sons [plural]
Etymology: As a surname, from: *Korean 손 (son) *Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn) Etymology templates: {{der|en|ko|손}} Korean 손 (son), {{der|en|km|ស៊ន}} Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn), {{der|en|km|សឺន}} Khmer សឺន (səɨn) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Son (plural Sons)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Son-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          ],
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Υιός"
        },
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          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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          "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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          ],
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          "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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          "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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          "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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          ],
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      "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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      "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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      "sense": "one of the three persons of the Trinity",
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