noi

Meaning

boy, young man

Concepts

boy

👦

lad

girl

👧

dude

fellow

guy

kid

🧒

chap

male child

sonny

swain

youngster

callant

common rudd

child

🧒

sonny Jim

Synonyms

xicot

👦

xic

al·lot

👦

xiquet

xaval

👦

nen

👦

minyó

criatura

gojat

👦

marrec

gardí

vailet

menut

nano

infant

Translations

ragazzo

👦

garçon

👦

muchacho

👦

Junge

👦

chico

αγόρι

menino

👦

jongen

👦

Knabe

rapaz

👦

παιδί

garoto

👦

chaval

🧒

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnɔj]

Etymology

Unknown. Proposals include:
# Vulgar Latin *novius (“newly wed”)
# Vulgar Latin *novinus, a diminutive of novus (“new”)
# from a diminutive of nin (a variant form of nen), i.e. nin > ninoi > noi

Sentences

El prefaci indica que havia estat recollint aquesta informació des que era un noi .

The preface indicates that he had been collecting this information since he was a boy.

En el segon dia , el noi es va enfilar fins al capdamunt d'un penya-segat prop del campament .

On the second day, the boy climbed to the top of a cliff near the camp.