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sonny

nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈsʌni//

A familiar form of address for a boy.

noun

  1. 1

    datedA familiar form of address for a boy.

  2. 2

    datedForm of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone English son Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sonny From son + -y.

Forms

plural
sonnies
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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