scion

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪən/
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• US: /ˈsaɪ.ən/
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• US: /ˈsaɪ.ɑn/
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• rhymes with -aɪən
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• CMU ARPABET: S AY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from Frankish *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ċīþ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon kīth (“sprout; germ”), Old High German kīdi (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пото́мък (potómǎk) — descendant
• Chinese Mandarin: 子孫 /子孙 (zǐsūn) — descendant
• Czech: potomek — descendant
• Dutch: telg — descendant
• Finnish: vesa — descendant
• Finnish: perillinen — descendant
• French: descendant — descendant
• French: descendante — descendant
• German: Nachkomme — descendant
• German: Nachkommin — descendant
• German: Nachfahr — descendant
• German: Nachfahre — descendant
• German: Nachfahrin — descendant
• German: Abkomme — descendant
• German: Abkommin — descendant
• German: Nachkömmling — descendant
• German: Abkömmling — descendant
• German: Spross — descendant
• German: Sprössling — descendant
• Greek: βλαστός (vlastós) — descendant
• Ancient Greek: ἔρνος (érnos) — descendant
• Hebrew: נֵצֶר (nétzer) — descendant
• Hungarian: leszármazott — descendant
• Hungarian: sarj — descendant
• Irish: buinneán — descendant
• Irish: beangán — descendant
• Irish: dias — descendant
• Italian: discendente — descendant
• Italian: rampollo — descendant
• Japanese: 子孫 (shison) — descendant
• Korean: 자손 (jason) — descendant
• Latvian: atvase — descendant
• Latvian: pēcnācējs — descendant
• Macedonian: потомок (potomok) — descendant
• Macedonian: ластар (lastar) — descendant
• Malay: keturunan — descendant
• Māori: tuwhanga — descendant
• Māori: mangainga — descendant
• Norwegian: etterkommer — descendant
• Polish: latorośl — descendant
• Portuguese: descendente — descendant
• Portuguese: rebento — descendant
• Romanian: moștenitor — descendant
• Romanian: vlăstar — descendant
• Romanian: mlădiță — descendant
• Russian: пото́мок (potómok) — descendant
• Russian: о́тпрыск (ótprysk) — descendant
• Serbo-Croatian: izdanak — descendant
• Serbo-Croatian: potomak — descendant
• Spanish: descendiente — descendant
• Swedish: efterkomma — descendant
• Tagalog: inanak — descendant
• Ukrainian: наща́док (naščádok) — descendant
• Welsh: impyn — descendant
• Bulgarian: престолонаследник (prestolonaslednik) — heir to a throne
• Chinese Mandarin: 繼承人 /继承人 (jìchéngrén) — heir to a throne
• Czech: následník — heir to a throne
• Dutch: opvolger — heir to a throne
• Dutch: troonopvolger — heir to a throne
• Estonian: troonipärija — heir to a throne
• Finnish: kruununperijä — heir to a throne
• French: héritier d'un trône — heir to a throne
• Galician: herdeiro — heir to a throne
• German: Thronfolgerin — heir to a throne
• German: Thronfolger — heir to a throne
• German: Prinz — heir to a throne
• German: Prinzessin — heir to a throne
• Hungarian: trónörökös — heir to a throne
• Italian: erede al trono — heir to a throne
• Japanese: 御曹司 (onzōshi) — heir to a throne
• Macedonian: наследник (naslednik) — heir to a throne
• Norwegian: ætling — heir to a throne
• Polish: następca tronu — heir to a throne
• Polish: następczyni tronu — heir to a throne
• Portuguese: herdeiro — heir to a throne
• Russian: насле́дник (naslédnik) — heir to a throne
• Russian: насле́дница (naslédnica) — heir to a throne
• Scottish Gaelic: oighre — heir to a throne
• Serbo-Croatian: prijestolonasljednik — heir to a throne
• Serbo-Croatian: prestolonaslednik — heir to a throne
• Serbo-Croatian: prijestolonasljednica — heir to a throne
• Serbo-Croatian: prestolonaslednica — heir to a throne
• Spanish: heredero — heir to a throne
• Swedish: ättling — heir to a throne
• Turkish: veliaht — heir to a throne
• Welsh: etifedd — heir to a throne
• Bulgarian: издънка (izdǎnka) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Bulgarian: филиз (filiz) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Chinese Mandarin: 幼芽 (yòuyá) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Chinese Mandarin: 嫩芽 (nènyá) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Czech: roub — (detached) shoot or twig
• Dutch: scheut — (detached) shoot or twig
• Finnish: verso — (detached) shoot or twig
• Finnish: jaloverso — (detached) shoot or twig
• Finnish: oksas — (detached) shoot or twig
• French: scion — (detached) shoot or twig
• Galician: gromo — (detached) shoot or twig
• Galician: xermolo — (detached) shoot or twig
• Galician: rebento — (detached) shoot or twig
• Galician: inzo — (detached) shoot or twig
• Galician: fillo — (detached) shoot or twig
• German: Spross — (detached) shoot or twig
• German: Sprössling — (detached) shoot or twig
• German: Ableger — (detached) shoot or twig
• German: Pfropfreis — (detached) shoot or twig
• German: Reis — (detached) shoot or twig
• German: Steckling — (detached) shoot or twig
• Greek: βλαστός (vlastós) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Hungarian: oltóág — (detached) shoot or twig
• Hungarian: oltóvessző — (detached) shoot or twig
• Hungarian: ráoltott nemes rész — (detached) shoot or twig
• Hungarian: sarj — (detached) shoot or twig
• Irish: beangán — (detached) shoot or twig
• Italian: talea — (detached) shoot or twig
• Italian: pollone — (detached) shoot or twig
• Japanese: 接ぎ穂 — (detached) shoot or twig
• Latin: tālea — (detached) shoot or twig
• Norwegian: podekvist — (detached) shoot or twig
• Norwegian: skudd — (detached) shoot or twig
• Polish: latorośl — (detached) shoot or twig
• Polish: winorośl — (detached) shoot or twig
• Portuguese: enxerto — (detached) shoot or twig
• Romanian: vlăstar — (detached) shoot or twig
• Russian: побе́г (pobég) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Russian: отро́сток (otróstok) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Scottish Gaelic: faillean — (detached) shoot or twig
• Serbo-Croatian: izdanak — (detached) shoot or twig
• Spanish: vástago — (detached) shoot or twig
• Spanish: púa — (detached) shoot or twig
• Spanish: hijuelo — (detached) shoot or twig
• Swedish: ympkvist — (detached) shoot or twig
• Ukrainian: побіг (pobih) — (detached) shoot or twig
• Welsh: blagur — (detached) shoot or twig