boy

Betekenis (Engels)

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).

Concepten

jongen

👦

knaap

👦

kerel

joch

kind

🧒

man

👨

jochie

jongens

knecht

zoon

bediende

dienaar

huisboy

boy

heer

schat

tiener

vriendje

jongere

adolescent

mannen

zoontje

kerels

tsjongejonge

boys

amai

jongetje

beminde

bruidegom

deugniet

dochter

gozer

jong

jongeling

knul

meneer

nakomeling

nikker

persoon

🧑‍🦱

peuter

puber

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

garçon

👦

Junge

👦

ragazzo

👦

muchacho

👦

chico

Knabe

niño

🧒

αγόρι

menino

👦

bambino

🧒

παιδί

noi

👦

puer

🧒

Bub

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɔɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: boy//boye

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *bōia

Verwant aan Schots: boy

Verwant aan Fries: boai

Verwant aan Nederlands: boi

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Boi

Verwant aan Oudengels: -

Verwant aan West-Vlaams: boe

Verwant aan Noors: -

Verwant aan Nederlands: boef

Verwant aan Beiers: Bua

Verwant aan Duits: Bube

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.

Zinnen

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

Maar de jongen haalde zijn nieuwe vriend nooit van zijn nieuwe vriend.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

De oude man gaf het boek terug aan de jongen.

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

De volgende dag keerde de jongen terug naar de bron, in de hoop het meisje te zien.

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

"Ik kan die bril in het raam opruimen, als je wilt," zei de jongen.

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

Kijkend naar de lepel die hij hield, zag de jongen dat de olie weg was.

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

Hij was het negende kind en de eerste jongen na acht meisjes.