boy

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A male child.
2. (countable, uncountable) A young man.
3. (countable, diminutive, especially, uncountable) A son of any age.
4. (countable, diminutive, endearing, uncountable) A male human younger than the speaker.
5. (countable, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes, uncountable) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
7. (countable, uncountable) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly
8. (countable, uncountable) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
9. (countable, historical, offensive, uncountable) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
11. (countable, offensive, uncountable) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
12. (countable, especially, informal, uncountable) A male friend.
13. (countable, uncountable) A male submissive.
14. (countable, uncountable) A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
15. (countable, historical, uncountable) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
16. (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
17. (childish, countable, uncountable) A male (tree, gene, etc).
18. (colloquial, countable, endearing, uncountable) Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.

Intj

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Verb

To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).

Concepts

garçon

👦

gars

enfant

🧒

gosse

🧒

fille

👧

fils

type

boy

👦

homme

👨

jeune homme

ado

mâle

♂️

mec

serviteur

bonhomme

garçon ''m''

jeune garçon

jeune

adolescent

jeune personne

jeunes

mioche

🧒

mon petit

Monsieur

moutard

petit copain

sigisbée

tout jeune homme

mon petit gars

gardon rouge

boy friend

frisont

gonze

domestique

fiancé

gamin

les garçons

les gars

marmot

monsieur

oh là là

on

1️⃣

personne

🧑‍🦱

petit

petit ami

serveur

bougre

chum

fiston

👦

fris

Synonymes

lad

son

child

🧒

youth

man

👨

young man

male child

servant

guy

male

♂️

girl

👧

laddie

kid

🧒

youngster

chap

baby

👶

adolescent

stripling

fella

bloke

daughter

urchin

young

oh

little boy

fellow

teenager

dude

adolescent boy

boys

children

young person

young fellow

younker

young male

toddler

sonny

pupil

greenhorn

person

🧑‍🦱

nipper

feller

brother

👨‍👦

knave

page

young boy

dual

boyo

dog

🐕

descendant

Traductions

ragazzo

👦

Junge

👦

muchacho

👦

chico

jongen

👦

Knabe

niño

🧒

αγόρι

menino

👦

bambino

🧒

παιδί

noi

👦

garoto

👦

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɔɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: boy//boye

Hérité de ancien anglais: *bōia

Appartenant à écossais: boy

Appartenant à frison occidental: boai

Appartenant à néerlandais: boi

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Boi

Appartenant à ancien anglais: -

Appartenant à flamand occidental: boe

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à néerlandais: boef

Appartenant à bavarois: Bua

Appartenant à allemand: Bube

Appartenant à islandais: bófi

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
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”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”). See also bully.

Phrases

But the boy never took his eye off his new friend .

Mais le garçon n'a jamais détourné son œil de son nouvel ami.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

Le vieil homme a rendu le livre au garçon.

The next day , the boy returned to the well , hoping to see the girl .

Le lendemain, le garçon est retourné au puits, espérant voir la fille.

" I can clean up those glasses in the window , if you want ," said the boy .

"Je peux nettoyer ces lunettes dans la fenêtre, si vous le souhaitez", a déclaré le garçon.

Looking down at the spoon he held , the boy saw that the oil was gone .

En regardant la cuillère qu'il tenait, le garçon a vu que l'huile avait disparu.

He was the ninth child and the first boy after eight girls .

Il était le neuvième enfant et le premier garçon après huit filles.