prodigal son

English

With reference to Luke 15:11–32.

prodigal son (plural prodigal sons)

Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behaviour.
A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

one who returns

Catalan: fill pròdig
Chinese:
Cantonese: 浪子 (long⁶ zi²)

Mandarin: 浪子 (zh) (làngzǐ)
Danish: fortabte søn
Dutch: verloren zoon m
Finnish: tuhlaajapoika
French: fils prodigue m
Georgian: გზასაცდენილი შვილი (gzasacdenili švili), გზასაცდენილი ძე (gzasacdenili ʒe), უძღები ძე (uʒɣebi ʒe), უძღები შვილი (uʒɣebi švili), ძე შეცდომილი (ʒe šecdomili)
German: verlorener Sohn m, Zurückkehrer m, Heimkehrer (de) m
Greek: άσωτος υιός (el) m (ásotos yiós)
Hungarian: tékozló fiú (hu)
Irish: an mac díobhlásach m, an millteán mic m
Italian: figliol prodigo, figlio prodigo
Japanese: 放蕩息子 (hōtō musuko)
Latvian: izšķērdīgais dēls m
Polish: syn marnotrawny (pl) m
Portuguese: filho pródigo (pt) m
Russian: блу́дный сын (ru) m (blúdnyj syn)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изгубљени син m

Roman: izgubljeni sin m
Spanish: hijo pródigo
Tagalog: alibughang anak
Welsh: mab afradlon m

cobia — see cobia

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