boy

Значение (Английский)

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).

Синонимы

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

Переводы

garçon

👦

Junge

👦

ragazzo

👦

muchacho

👦

chico

jongen

👦

niño

🧒

Knabe

αγόρι

menino

👦

bambino

🧒

παιδί

noi

👦

puer

🧒

Произносится как (IPA)

/bɔɪ/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: boy//boye

Унаследовано от староанглийский: *bōia

Родственно шотландский: boy

Родственно западнофризский: boai

Родственно нидерландский: boi

Родственно нижненемецкий: Boi

Родственно староанглийский: -

Родственно Vlaams: boe

Родственно норвежский: -

Родственно нидерландский: boef

Родственно Bavarian: Bua

Родственно немецкий: Bube

Родственно исландский: 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.

Предложения

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

Но мальчик никогда не снимал его с новым другом.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

Старик вернул книгу мальчику.

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

На следующий день мальчик вернулся в колодец, надеясь увидеть девушку.

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

«Я могу очистить эти очки в окне, если хотите», - сказал мальчик.

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

Глядя вниз на ложку, которую он держал, мальчик увидел, что масло исчезло.

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

Он был девятым ребенком и первым мальчиком после восьми девушек.