boy

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Betekenis (Engels)

1. A young male human.
2. A young male human.
3. A son of any age.
4. A male human younger than the speaker.
5. (informal) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
6. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
7. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
8. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
9. (obsolete) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
10. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly
11. Any non-white male, regardless of age.
12. (informal) A male friend.
13. A male submissive.
14. A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
15. A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
16. (slang) Heroin.
17. A male (tree, gene, etc).

lad

male child

young male

young person

young fellow

young boy

adolescent boy

swain

eldest son

male servant

news-vendor

young child

young unmarried man

common rudd

young lad

servant-boy

oyster young man

the small one

married man

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɔɪ/

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.