Scion

//ˈsaɪən//

Synonyms for "scion" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (19)

Related words (33)

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Translations

132 translations across 35 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔρνος noun (descendant)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • издънка noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • пото́мък noun (descendant)
  • престолонаследник noun (heir to a throne)
  • филиз noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 嫩芽 noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • 子孫 /子孙 noun (descendant)
  • 幼芽 noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • 繼承人 /继承人 noun (heir to a throne)

Czech

3 entries
  • následník noun (heir to a throne)
  • potomek noun (descendant)
  • roub noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Dutch

4 entries
  • opvolger noun (heir to a throne)
  • scheut noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • telg noun (descendant)
  • troonopvolger noun (heir to a throne)

Estonian

1 entries
  • troonipärija noun (heir to a throne)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jaloverso noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • kruununperijä noun (heir to a throne)
  • oksas noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • perillinen noun (descendant)

French

4 entries
  • descendant noun (descendant)
  • descendante noun (descendant)
  • héritier d'un trône noun (heir to a throne)
  • scion noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Galician

4 entries
  • fillo noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • gromo noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • herdeiro noun (heir to a throne)
  • inzo noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

German

4 entries
  • Abkomme noun (descendant)
  • Abkommin noun (descendant)
  • Abkömmling noun (descendant)
  • Ableger noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Greek

2 entries
  • βλαστός noun (descendant)
  • βλαστός noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נֵצֶר noun (descendant)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • leszármazott noun (descendant)
  • oltóvessző noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • oltóág noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • ráoltott nemes rész noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Irish

4 entries
  • beangán noun (descendant)
  • beangán noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • buinneán noun (descendant)
  • dias noun (descendant)

Italian

4 entries
  • discendente noun (descendant)
  • erede al trono noun (heir to a throne)
  • pollone noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • rampollo noun (descendant)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 子孫 noun (descendant)
  • 御曹司 noun (heir to a throne)
  • 接ぎ穂 noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Korean

1 entries
  • 자손 noun (descendant)

Latin

1 entries
  • tālea noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Latvian

2 entries
  • atvase noun (descendant)
  • pēcnācējs noun (descendant)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ластар noun (descendant)
  • наследник noun (heir to a throne)
  • потомок noun (descendant)

Malay

1 entries
  • keturunan noun (descendant)

Māori

2 entries
  • mangainga noun (descendant)
  • tuwhanga noun (descendant)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • etterkommer noun (descendant)
  • podekvist noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • skudd noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • ætling noun (heir to a throne)

Polish

4 entries
  • latorośl noun (descendant)
  • latorośl noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • następca tronu noun (heir to a throne)
  • następczyni tronu noun (heir to a throne)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • descendente noun (descendant)
  • enxerto noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • herdeiro noun (heir to a throne)
  • rebento noun (descendant)

Romanian

4 entries
  • mlădiță noun (descendant)
  • moștenitor noun (descendant)
  • vlăstar noun (descendant)
  • vlăstar noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Russian

4 entries
  • насле́дник noun (heir to a throne)
  • насле́дница noun (heir to a throne)
  • о́тпрыск noun (descendant)
  • отро́сток noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • faillean noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • oighre noun (heir to a throne)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izdanak noun (descendant)
  • izdanak noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • potomak noun (descendant)
  • prestolonaslednica noun (heir to a throne)

Spanish

4 entries
  • descendiente noun (descendant)
  • heredero noun (heir to a throne)
  • hijuelo noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • púa noun ((detached) shoot or twig)

Swedish

3 entries
  • efterkomma noun (descendant)
  • ympkvist noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • ättling noun (heir to a throne)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • inanak noun (descendant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • veliaht noun (heir to a throne)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • наща́док noun (descendant)

Welsh

3 entries
  • blagur noun ((detached) shoot or twig)
  • etifedd noun (heir to a throne)
  • impyn noun (descendant)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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He was the scion of a wealthy family.

Source: tatoeba (2415724)

In these days of nouveaux riches it is refreshing to find a case where the scion of an old county family which has fallen upon evil days is able to make his own fortune and to bring it back with him to restore the fallen grandeur of his line.

Source: tatoeba (6606326)

Tom is the scion of a very wealthy family.

Source: tatoeba (11064736)

Daniel covered the scion with grafting tape to protect it from drying.

Source: tatoeba (11483608)

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