different between scion vs fry
scion
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sa??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
- Rhymes: -a??n
Noun
scion (plural scions)
- A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
Translations
Trivia
One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.
Further reading
- “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
Anagrams
- ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic
French
Etymology
From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sj??/
Noun
scion m (plural scions)
- scion (detached twig)
- tip of a fishing rod
Synonyms
- (detached twig): greffon
See also
- (tip of fishing rod): canne
Further reading
- “scion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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fry
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?, IPA(key): /f?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
From Middle English frien, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin fr?g? (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (phrúg?, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit ??????? (bh?jjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), ???? (bh?g, “the crackling of fire”)
Verb
fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)
- A method of cooking food.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- To be affected by extreme heat or current.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- (chiefly US, intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cook
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US) A fried strip of potato.
- Synonyms: chip, french fry
- (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- Synonym: fry-up
- (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
Derived terms
Related terms
- french fry
- fries
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fry (“seed, offspring”), from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiw? (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic ???????????????????? (fraiw, “seed”).
Noun
fry (uncountable)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
- a fry of children
- (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
Derived terms
- small fry
Translations
Etymology 3
Dialectal, of obscure origin.
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- A kind of sieve.
- A drain.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse frýja; cognate with Norwegian fry.
Verb
fry (preterite frydd)
- (transitive) To taunt, challenge one to a fight, wrestling, a bet, etc.
- (with infinitive) To dare, have the courage.
- (imperative) As a word of challenge.
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