I. ˈsən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sone, from Old English sunu; akin to Old High German sun son, Old Norse sonr, Gothic sunus, Greek hyios, Sanskrit sūnu son, sūte he begets
1.
a. : the male offspring of human beings
a family consisting of two sons
b. : a male child
a playground for the sons and daughters of the community
c. : a male who assumes the role or status of the offspring of human parents (as an adopted child or son-in-law)
d. : a male descendant — usually used in plural
the modern-day sons of early pioneers
2. capitalized : the second person of the Trinity
3. : the male offspring of an animal (as a horse or dog)
4. : a person closely associated with or deriving from a nation, school, race, belief, or any other formative agent
a nation robbed by war of most of her sons
— often used with of
the sons of modern technology
II. ˈsōn noun
( plural so·nes ˈsō(ˌ)nās)
Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, sound, probably from Old Provençal, from Latin sonus
1. : a folk song of Cuba, Mexico, and Central America
2.
a. : a Latin American ballroom dance popular in Cuba and coastal Mexico
b. : the musical accompaniment of such a dance
III. abbreviation
1. sonata
2. southern