English
Alternative spellings
cion
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�n|-aɪ�n
Noun
en-noun
- a descendant, a son or daughter
- A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting
- The heir to a throne
- Also used as a synonym to "guardian"
Quotations
1966, w:Sholem Aleichem|Sholem Aleichem, An Early Passover, Clifton Pub. Co., paperback edition, page 24
:It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion.
1986, w:David Leavitt|David Leavitt, w:The Lost Language of Cranes|The Lost Language of Cranes, Penguin, paperback edition, page 72
:He could show his parents Eliot, scion of Derek Moulthorp, and then how could they say he was throwing his life away?
Translations
trans-top|descendant
Japanese: å�å« (shison)
trans-mid
Spanish: descendiente
trans-bottom
trans-top|detached shoot
Czech: roub m
Japanese: ��� (tsugiho)
trans-mid
Spanish: vástago
trans-bottom
trans-top|heir to a throne
Japanese: 御�� (onzoushi)
trans-mid
Spanish: heredero
trans-bottom
fr:scion
io:scion
hu:scion
ru:scion
fi:scion
te:scion
vi:scion
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