boy

boy  (boi)

n.

1. A male child.

2. A son: his youngest boy.

3. Often Offensive A man, especially a young man.

4. Informal A man socializing in a group of men: a night out with the boys.

5. Offensive A male servant or employee.

interj.

Used to express mild astonishment, elation, or disgust: Oh boywhat a surprise!

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[Middle English boi, possibly from Old French embuié, servant, past participle of embuier, to fetter.]

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boyhood n.

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boy

Noun

1. a male child

2. a man regarded as immature or inexperienced

3. S African offensive a Black male servant [origin unknown]

boyhood n
boyish adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boy - a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform" male child male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies altar boy - a boy serving as an acolyte ball boy - a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players bat boy - (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment laddie, sonny, sonny boy, cub, lad - a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) catamite - a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man farm boy - a boy who has grown up on a farm Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroy - an excessively polite and well-dressed boy ploughboy, plowboy - a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow schoolboy - a boy attending school Scout - a Boy Scout or Girl Scout shop boy - a young male shop assistant female child, little girl, girl - a youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"
	2.	boy - a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys" broth of a boy, broth of a man - an outstanding person; as if produced by boiling down a savory broth adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" one of the boys - a man who has been socially accepted into a group of other men; "he quickly became one of the boys"
	3.	boy - a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is" son Jnr, Jr, Junior - a son who has the same first name as his father male offspring, man-child - a child who is male mama's boy, mamma's boy, mother's boy - a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests daughter, girl - a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age"
	4.	boy - (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy" derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language Black man - a man who is Black

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boy

noun lad, kid (informal) youth, fellow, youngster, chap (informal) schoolboy, junior, laddie Scot. stripling

Translations

boy [bɔɪ] n (young) → niño;

(older) → muchacho

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boy [bɔɪ] n → garçon m

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boy [bɔɪ] n → Junge m

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boy [bɔɪ] n → ragazzo;

(small) → bambino (= son); figlio;

(servant) → servo

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boy

n boy [boi]

1 a male child She has three girls and one boy. seun وَلَد، صَبي момче chlapec dreng der Knabe αγόρι niño poiss پسر poika (petit) garçon יֶלֶד लड़का dječak fiú anak laki-laki drengur ragazzo, figlio (maschio) 少年 사내아이 berniukas zēns anak lelaki jongen gutt chłopiec rapaz băiat мальчик chlapec deček sin pojke, gosse, grabb เด็กผู้ชาย erkek çocuk, oğlan 男孩 хлопець; парубок لڑکا con trai 男孩

2 (as part of another word) a male (often adult) who does a certain job a cowboy; a paper-boy. jonge فَتى، صَبي، ذَكَر човек -kluk; kovboj, kamelot -dreng der...-junge παιδί, νεαρός που κάνει μια συγκεκριμένη δουλειά (ως β΄ συνθ.) chico poiss پسر poika cow-boy, livreur de journaux נָעַר- आम तौर पर एक वयस्क पुरूष जो कुछ खास काम करता हो nastavak u nazivu zanimanja fiú pekerja laki-laki vikapiltur cowboy; (ragazzo che consegna i giornali) ～職の男 「...을 직업으로 하는 남자」라는 뜻의 연결형 kokį nors darbą dirbantis vaikinas avīžpuika/iznēsātājs lelaki -jongen -gutt chłopiec (od), druga część złożenia w cowboy, etc. moço cowboy; vânzător de ziare парень kovboj, kamelot fant (...) -momak pojk-, -pojke ผู้ชายที่ทำงานนั้น ๆ bir iş yapan erkek çocuk 作某項工作的男士 розсильний مذکر ، نر ، کوئی مخصوص کام کرنے والا cậu thanh niên 作某项工作的男士

n boyhood

the time of being a boy a happy boyhood; (also adjective ) boyhood memories. kindertyd صِبا، سِن الحَداثَه момчешки дни chlapectví drengeår das Knabenalter παιδική ηλικία (για αγόρια) niñez, infancia poisipõlv بچگی poikaikä enfance (d'un garçon) יַלדוּת लड़कपन dječaštvo gyermekkor masa kanak-kanak drengsaldur fanciullezza, adolescenza 少年期 소년기 (berniuko) vaikystė zēna gadi; zēnība; zēna- masa budak-budak jeugd guttedager, barndom; gutte- wiek chłopięcy mocidade copilărie (a unui băiat) отрочество chlapčenstvo deštvo dečaštvo pojkår, barndom som pojke วัยเด็ก çocukluk çağı/dönemi 少年時代 отроцтво, юнацькі роки لڑکپن thời niên thiếu 少年时代

n boyfriend

a girl's favourite male friend. vriend, kêrel صَديق، رَفيق، خَليل приятел přítel (dívky) (mandlig) kæreste; ven der Freund ερωτικός σύντροφος novio, amigo (kellegi) poiss, kavaler, sõber دوست پسر poikaystävä (petit) ami חָבֵר युवा मित्र, लड़का दोस्त dečko a barátja pacar kærasti, góður vinur ragazzo ボーイフレンド 남자 친구 draugas draugs (meitenei/sievietei) teman lelaki vriend kjæreste; god venn sympatia, chłopak namorado prieten, iubit дружок; возлюбленный priateľ, milý (njen) fant dečko pojkvän เพื่อนชาย erkek sevgili 男朋友 коханий; парубок دوست لڑکا bạn trai 男朋友