son – English noun declension

English noun forms of son

Noun: son
Singularson
Pluralsons

Sample Sentences

  • Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
  • From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son, [1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 165-166:]
  • “We are pleased that LSST has now been named the Vera C. Rubin Observatory,” said Rubin’s sons Allan Rubin, David Rubin, and Karl Rubin in a statement. [2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN:]
  • Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday. [2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN:]
  • Eli called Samuel his son. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. [1832, Noah Webster, “SON”, in A Dictionary of the English Language Intended to Exhibit the Origin of Words, the Orthography and Definitions: in Two Volumes · Volume 2:]
  • He was a son of the mafia system.
  • I hold it to be true, that the people are the sons of the soil; and we are only their instruments here. [1850, Oliver P. Badger, convention member from Putnam, Indiana, Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, 1850 Volume 1, page 827:]
  • Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl? [1984, “Working on the Highway”, in Bruce Springsteen (music), Born in the U.S.A.:]
  • Shepard: Stay with me. We're almost through this.
  • Admiral Anderson: You did good, son. You did good. I'm proud of you.
  • Shepard: Thank you, sir. Anderson? [2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:]
  • Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files. [2004, Ray Bradley, The Ultimate Computing Glossary for Advanced Level, page 31:]
  • After the update, the new file master file is the son. The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather. The grandfather and son files are stored in different locations. [2007, O. Ray Whittington, Patrick R. Delaney, Wiley CPA Exam Review 2008: Auditing and Attestation, page 779:]

Etymology

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”). See: Old English Nouns 'sunu'.

Verbs referencing "son"

German Nouns Sohn, Danish Nouns søn, Latvian Nouns dēls.