different between sows vs sons

English

Noun

sows

1. plural of sow

Verb

sows

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sow

Anagrams

• woss

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?nz/
• Homophone: suns

Noun

sons

1. plural of son

Anagrams

• -sson

Catalan

Noun

sons

1. plural of so

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/

Noun

sons m

1. plural of son

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sonts, from Proto-Indo-European *h?s-ónt-s, the present participle of *h?es- (whence also sum). Due to vowel reduction, it appears as -s?ns in compounded forms of sum. Thus "he who is it", "the real person", "the guilty one". Compare English sooth for an exact cognate, and sin for the same semantic development.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sons/, [s?õ?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sons/, [s?ns]

Adjective

s?ns (genitive sontis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. guilty
2. criminal

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Noun

s?ns m (genitive sontis); third declension

1. criminal

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

• ?ns?ns
• sonticus

Descendants

• Portuguese: sonte
• Spanish: sonte

References

• sons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

sons m

1. plural of som

Swedish

Noun

sons

1. indefinite genitive singular of son
2. definite genitive singular of so

Anagrams

• snos

Volapük

Noun

sons

1. nominative plural of son
2. vocative plural of son (i.e., o sons!)