puer

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) a child; chit
2. (declension-2, masculine) a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an īnfāns but younger than an adulēscēns)
3. (declension-2, masculine) a male servant or page; slave
4. (declension-2, masculine) a bachelor
5. (declension-2, masculine) boyhood (ex: in puero, "in his boyhood" or "as a boy")

Concepts

boy

👦

lad

child

🧒

son

laddie

kid

🧒

daughter

teenager

young

youth

Synonyms

iuvenis

adulescens

infans

filius

catulaster

puella

👧

adolescens

īnfāns

Translations

niño

🧒

garçon

👦

menino

👦

ragazzo

👦

Junge

👦

παιδί

αγόρι

bambino

🧒

muchacho

👦

enfant

🧒

Knabe

jongen

👦

noi

👦

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpu.ɛr]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *puweros, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, from *peh₂w-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”).