boy
A male childA male child.
» Every boy and girl knows him.
Каждый мальчик и каждая девочка его знают.
Кожен хлопець чи дівчина знає його.
Meaning
18 senses(countable, uncountable)A male child.
Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
Bub, Bube, Junge
ма́льчикmálʹčik, паца́нpacán
хло́пецьxlópecʹ, хло́пчикxlópčyk
a youthful male person
(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)A young man.
Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
Bube, Bursche, Bursch
ю́ношаjúnoša, па́реньpárenʹ, подро́стокpodróstok
хло́пецьxlópecʹ
a friendly informal reference to a grown man
(broadly, countable, diminutive, especially, uncountable)A son of any age.
(broadly, countable, diminutive, endearing, uncountable)A male human younger than the speaker.
a male human offspring
(broadly, countable, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes, uncountable)A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
boys' club
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly
A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A younger such worker.
(broadly, countable, historical, offensive, uncountable)A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
(broadly, countable, offensive, uncountable)Any non-white male, regardless of age.
(broadly, countable, especially, informal, uncountable)A male friend.
hanging with my boys
Jung
ребя́таrebjáta
(countable, uncountable)A male submissive.
(countable, uncountable)A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
Examples
4506 sentencesEvery boy and girl knows him.
Кожен хлопець чи дівчина знає його.
ruКаждый мальчик и каждая девочка его знают.
The boy sat on a chair.
Хлопчик сів на стілець.
ruМальчик сел на стул.
deDer Junge saß auf einem Stuhl.
The boy can count to ten.
Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти.
ruМальчик умеет считать до десяти.
deDer Junge kann bis zehn zählen.
Every boy here has a girlfriend.
Тут у кожного хлопця є дівчина.
deJeder Junge hier hat eine Freundin.
I know some of these boys.
Я знаю декого з цих хлопців.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
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Forms
plural: boysSynonyms
31 synonyms- a youthful male person:male child
- a male human offspring:son
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
340 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- the only boy
- the other boys
- the boy was
- of the boys
- other boys
- the boy who
- a little boy
- little boy
- was a boy
- boy over there
- boy in the
- all the boys