boy

Senso (Inglese)

1. (historical, masculine, offensive) a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony
2. (informal, masculine) boy, young man

Concetti

ragazzo

👦

sinonimi

knecht

huisboy

Traduzioni

Boy

boy

👦

Knecht

αγόρι

knave

male child

son

male servant

young male

boy

👦

garçon

👦

puer

🧒

criado

minyó

mozo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bɔi̯/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Preso in prestito da inglese: boy

Affine olandese medio: boye

Affine olandese: boi

In summary

Borrowed from English boy. Cognate with Middle Dutch boye (“young man, boy”), whence Dutch boi (“boy”).