Boy

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English


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Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, ultimately from Latin boia

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Noun

boy (plural: boys)

  1. A young male person, usually a child or teenager.
  2. (offensive) A male African-American of any age.
  3. A male servant. (Compare French garçon)
  4. (colloquial, always used as the boys) Male friends.
    I’m going out with the boys.
  5. (regional) A male of any age, used when calling attention to the person.
    Whatever else you say about him, the boy can play.
  6. 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!
  7. A male (the opposite sex of a female or girl).
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Etymology

See [1].

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Translations

a young male person

a male African-American

male servant

  • French: garçon m., boy m. (formerly, African male servant in colonies)
  • Italian: ragazzo m.

male friends

male of any age

adult male

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See also

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Interjection

boy

  1. Exclamation of surprise or pleasure
    Boy, that was close!
    Boy, that was good!
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Turkish

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Noun

boy

  1. size
  2. statureang:boy

ar:boy de:boy el:boy es:boy fr:boy ko:boy io:boy it:boy ku:boy hu:boy nl:boy ja:boy pl:boy ru:boy sr:boy fi:boy sv:boy ta:boy uk:boy zh:boy

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