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Boy
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English
Noun
boy (plural boys)
- A young male person, usually a child or teenager.
- (offensive) A male African-American of any age.
- A male servant. (Compare French garçon )
- (colloquial, always used as the boys) Male friends.
- I'm going out with the boys.
- (regional) A male of any age, used when calling attention to the person.
- Whatever else you say about him, the boy can play.
- An adult male, particularly when used by straight women or gay men to refer to someone considered attractive.
- That bar has lots of cute boys!
Translations
- Basque: mutil
- Breton: paotr m -ed
- Bulgarian: момче n
- Catalan: noi, xic , aŀlot , minyó m
- Chinese: 男孩
- Czech: kluk , chlapec m
- Dutch: jongen m
- Estonian: poiss (1)
- Faroese: drongur m
- Finnish: poika (1)
- French: garçon m
- Frisian: jonge m
- German: Junge m (de)
- Greek: παιδί , αγόρι
- Guarani: mitã
- Hebrew: ילד (yeled) m, בחור (ba-khur)
- Ido: puerulo
- Indonesian: anak laki-laki
- Interlingua: puero (child); garson (adolescent)
- Irish: buachaill
- Italian: bambino m (child), ragazzo m (adolescent)
- Japanese: 男の子 (おとこのこ , otoko-no-ko), 君 (くん, -kun), 少年 (しょうねん, shounen), 坊や
- Korean: 남자
- Latin: puer m
- Norwegian: gutt m
- Polish: chłopak m, chłopiec m, chłopczyk m
- Portuguese: menino m (child); moço m, rapaz m (adolescent)
- Romanian: băiat m
- Russian: мальчик m
- Slovak: chlapec m, chlapča n
- Spanish: niño m, chico m, muchacho m
- Swedish: pojke c
- Tupinambá: kurumĩ (child); kurumĩgûasu (adolescent)
- Welsh: bachgen m
Related terms
- bellboy
- blue-eyed boy
- boy crazy
- boy genius
- boy toy
- boy wonder
- boyfriend
- boyish
- boys will be boys
- copy boy
- delivery boy
- gameboy
- golden boy
- good old boy
- homeboy
- my boy
- newsboy
- old boy
- our boy
- page boy
- rent boy
See also
Interjection
boy
- Exclamation of surprise or pleasure
- Boy, that was close!
- Boy, that was good!
Translations
- Dutch: amai (Flemish)
- Portuguese: rapaz , menino
- Slovak: fíha
Derived terms
- boy howdy
- boy oh boy
- oh boy
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