different between syn vs syon

English

Etymology

From Greek syn-, with, together, having same function as co-, (synthesis, synoptic)

Adjective

syn (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

Coordinate terms

• (chemistry): anti

Anagrams

• NYS, sny

Afrikaans

Pronoun

syn

1. Obsolete form of sy.

Particle

syn

1. Obsolete form of se.
2. Obsolete form of s'n.

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech syn, from Proto-Slavic *syn?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s???nus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?n]
• Hyphenation: syn
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

syn m anim

1. son

Declension

Antonyms

• dcera

Derived terms

Further reading

• syn in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• syn in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• sny

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn, cognate to se.

Noun

syn

1. vision, faculty of sight

2. a way of perceiving something

   De havde et ganske andet syn på sandsynlighedsfeltsbegrebet.

   They had quite another view of the concept of the probability field.

   Sikke dog et forskruet og forældet menneskesyn!

   What a twisted and antiquated view of humans!

Declension

Derived terms

• tunnelsyn

Noun

syn

1. vision (mystical event)

   Shamanen påstår at have fået et syn.

   The shaman claims to have received a vision.

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syn?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s???nus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n/

Noun

syn m (diminutive synk)

1. son

Declension

Coordinate terms

• ?owka (“daughter”)
• nan (“father”)
• ma? (“mother”)

Derived terms

• synašk

References

• syn in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• syn in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn or syner, definite plural syna or synene) (genitive form syne)

1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
2. a sight

3. a vision or hallucination
4. a premonition
5. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

References

• “syn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn, definite plural syna)
syn f (definite singular syna, indefinite plural syner, definite plural synene)

1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
2. a sight

   eit vakkert syn - a beautiful sight

3. (especially feminine) a vision
4. (feminine plural only) hallucinations
5. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

syn

1. imperative of syna

References

• “syn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?n/

Noun

s?n f

1. sight, ability to see
2. appearance

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: syn

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syn?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s???nus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n/

Noun

syn m pers (diminutive synek)

1. son

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) syneczek, synek, syncio, synulek, synu?, synal, synalek

Further reading

• syn in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• syn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syn?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s???nus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sin]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

syn m (genitive singular syna, nominative plural synovia, genitive plural synov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. son

Declension

Derived terms

• synovský
• synovsky
• synovstvo
• syn?ek, syná?ik

Further reading

• syn in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish s?n, from Old Norse sýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn c

1. sight (ability to see), vision
2. a sight, a view
3. a vision, a revelation (of the future)

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

• nys

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syn?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s???nus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

syn m

1. son

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian s?n, from Proto-Germanic *s?naz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Determiner

syn

1. his (third-person singular masculine possessive determiner)
2. its (third-person singular neuter possessive determiner)

See also

Further reading

• “syn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Noun

syon

1. Obsolete spelling of scion
   • 1483, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, Catholicon Anglicum, page 341

     A Syon? or A twige?;?Aborigo & proprie est pluralis Numeri, vitulamen, frutex, & cetera?;?vbi twigge (A.).

   • 1513, Virgil, Maffeo Vegio, and Bishop Gawin Douglas [tr.], Eneados, book 3^?, lines 19–22; reprinted in:
   • 1874, Bishop Gawin Douglas and John Small [ed.], The poetical works of Gavin Douglas, bishop of Dunkeld?:?with memoir, notes, and glossary, page 120 ^{?, ?} (W. Paterson)

     Bot eftir that the thrid syon of treis,
     

     Apon the sandis sittand on my kneis,
     

     I schupe to haue wprevin with mair preise,
     

     Quhidder sall I speik now, or hald my peice??

Anagrams

• Sony, Yons, nosy, noys, sony, syno

Middle English

Noun

syon (plural syons or maybe syonys)

1. Alternative spelling of sioun
   1. offshoot
      • circa 1450: Gertrude Mechthild^?, The booke of gostlye grace of Mechtild of Hackeborn, page 330/2

        In þe vyne?erde were syonys of the vyne plantede.

      • ante 1475: Grafting; reprinted in:
      • 1855, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Early English miscellanies: in prose and verse, writ IX, page 72

        Also, he that wylle have rosys tymely to blowe, dewe heme abowte the space of ij. hand-brede, and moyste her syons oft tymys with hoote water.

   2. descendant
      • circa 1350–1390: [early poem], lines 25–28; reprinted in:
      • 1878, Carl Horstmann, Altenglische Legenden, page 10

        OÞer þou mai?t wel diuise
        

        Þe nome of Ambros in þis wyse?:
        

        Ambrum is to seye fadur of liht,
        

        And syon a luytel child ful riht.

Old French

Noun

syon m (oblique plural syons, nominative singular syons, nominative plural syon)

1. point; tip (sharp vertex)

Descendants

• Middle English: syon
  • English: scion (etc.)
• French: scion