Standard Lemma guide

boy

adj · intj · noun · verb · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɔɪ
  • homophone: boi
  • homophone: (one pronunciation) buoy
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: boi
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɔɪ/
  • General-American, feminine: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, masculine: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /boj/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /boɪ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-US: /bɔːə/
  • South-Asia: /bɒj/
  • /bɑːj/ father-bother merger
  • homophone: bye
  • homophone: (without aspiration) bhai
  • CMU ARPABET: B OY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Initialism of beginning of year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

Topics: education

Examples

  • Coordinate term: EOY (“end of year”)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Boy, that was close!
  • Boy, that tastes good!
  • Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A male child.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A young man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • Kate is dating a boy named Jim.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A son of any age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, diminutive, especially, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A male human younger than the speaker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, diminutive, endearing, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes, uncountable

Examples

  • boys' club

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee

A younger such worker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee

A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, historical, offensive, uncountable

Qualifier: now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee

A male camp follower.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Qualifier: now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Any non-white male, regardless of age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, offensive, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A male friend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, especially, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • hanging with my boys

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A male submissive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
  • Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

Heroin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A male (tree, gene, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: childish, countable, often, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, countable, endearing, uncountable

Examples

  • This boy can really kick!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • get out of my way, boy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Black man

23

noun

Meaning 23

a friendly informal reference to a grown man

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he likes to play golf with the boys

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: man, adult male

Narrower terms: broth of a boy, broth of a man, one of the boys

24

noun

Meaning 24

a youthful male person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the baby was a boy
  • she made the boy brush his teeth every night
  • most soldiers are only boys in uniform

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: male child

Antonyms: girl

Broader terms: male, male person

Narrower terms: altar boy, ball boy, bat boy, cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy, catamite, farm boy, Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroy, plowboy, ploughboy, schoolboy, Scout, shop boy

25

noun

Meaning 25

a male human offspring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • their son became a famous judge
  • his boy is taller than he is

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: son

Antonyms: girl

Broader terms: male offspring, man-child

Narrower terms: Junior, Jr, Jnr, mother's boy, mamma's boy, mama's boy, Esau

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhā- Proto-Germanic *bō- 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”), Lombard bagaj. See also bully.

Across languages

Translations

632 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ياه (yāh) — surprise or pleasure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哇! (wā) — surprise or pleasure
  • Danish: mand! — surprise or pleasure
  • Dutch: jongens — surprise or pleasure
  • Dutch: tsjongejonge — surprise or pleasure
  • Dutch: zo! — surprise or pleasure
  • Dutch: amai — surprise or pleasure
  • Finnish: pojat — surprise or pleasure
  • German: Junge — surprise or pleasure
  • German: Junge! — surprise or pleasure
  • Portuguese: puxa — surprise or pleasure
  • Russian: блин (blin) — surprise or pleasure
  • Slovak: človeče — surprise or pleasure
  • Slovak: chlapče — surprise or pleasure
  • Swahili: mvulana — surprise or pleasure
  • Swedish: gosse — surprise or pleasure
  • Tok Pisin: olaboi — surprise or pleasure
  • Afar: awka — male child
  • Afrikaans: seun — male child
  • Albanian: djalë — male child
  • Albanian: çun — male child
  • Albanian: cull — male child
  • Albanian: voc — male child
  • Aleut: hlax — male child
  • Southern Altai: уул бала (uul bala) — male child
  • Southern Altai: уул (uul) — male child
  • Alutiiq: nukaɫpiaq — male child
  • Arabic: فَتًى (fatan) — male child
  • Arabic: غُلَام (ḡulām) — male child
  • Chadian Arabic: وليد (wilēd) — male child
  • Chadian Arabic: ولد (walad) — male child
  • Arabic: ولد (walad) — male child
  • Arabic: ولد (walad) — male child
  • Arabic: بزر (bazir) — male child
  • Armenian: տղա (tġa) — male child
  • Aromanian: hilj — male child
  • Assamese: ল’ৰা (löra) — male child
  • Asturian: neñu — male child
  • Asturian: mozu — male child
  • Azerbaijani: oğlan — male child
  • Bangi: elenge — male child
  • Bashkir: малай (malay) — male child
  • Basque: mutil — male child
  • Basque: mutiko — male child
  • Bavarian: Bua — male child
  • Belarusian: хло́пец (xlópjec) — male child
  • Belarusian: хло́пчык (xlópčyk) — male child
  • Bengali: ছেলে (chele) — male child
  • Bengali: ছোকরা (chōkra) — male child
  • Bhojpuri: लइका (laikā) — male child
  • Bislama: boe — male child
  • Bodo (Central Africa): ܛܰܠܝܳܐ (telnoa) — male child
  • Bole: lawo — male child
  • Breton: paotr — male child
  • Middle Breton: poltr — male child
  • Bulgarian: момче́ (momčé) — male child
  • Burmese: ကလေး (ka.le:) — male child
  • Burmese: ချာတိတ် (hkyatit) — male child
  • Burmese: သူငယ် (su-ngai) — male child
  • Cahuilla: 'eqwashmal — male child
  • Catalan: noi — male child
  • Catalan: al·lot — male child
  • Catalan: xiquet — male child
  • Catalan: xic — male child
  • Catalan: xicot — male child
  • Central Siberian Yupik: nukaɫpegaq — male child
  • Chamicuro: meploneye — male child
  • Chechen: кӏант (kʼant) — male child
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏧᏣ (atsutsa) — male child
  • Chichewa: mnyamata — male child
  • Chickasaw: chipota nakni' — male child
  • Chinese Cantonese: 男仔 (naam4 zai2) — male child
  • Chinese: щёхуәзы (xiohuəzɨ) — male child
  • Chinese: щёхуәр (xiohuər) — male child
  • Chinese: эрвазы (ervazɨ) — male child
  • Chinese: 丈夫囡仔 (ta-po͘-gín-á, cha-po͘-gín-á) — male child
  • Chinese: 查埔𡢃仔 /查埔㛠仔 (cha-po͘-kán-á) — male child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男孩 (nánhái) — male child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年 (shàonián) — male child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男孩子 (nánháizi) — male child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小伙子 (xiǎohuǒzi) — male child
  • Chuvash: ача (ač̬a) — male child
  • Cornish: maw — male child
  • Crimean Tatar: oğlan — male child
  • Czech: chlapec — male child
  • Czech: hoch — male child
  • Czech: kluk — male child
  • Danish: dreng — male child
  • Darkinjung: wungara — male child
  • Dogrib: dǫzhìa — male child
  • Dolgan: уол — male child
  • Dutch: jongen — male child
  • Egyptian: M17-D46-A17 (jd) — male child
  • Elfdalian: påyk — male child
  • Erzya: цёрыне (ćorïne) — male child
  • Eshtehardi: فوره (fōra) — male child
  • Esperanto: knabo — male child
  • Esperanto: knabiĉo — male child
  • Estonian: poiss — male child
  • Evenki: омолги (omolgi) — male child
  • Faroese: drongur — male child
  • Faroese: piltur — male child
  • Finnish: poika — male child
  • French: garçon — male child
  • Old French: valet — male child
  • North Frisian: dräng — male child
  • North Frisian: dring — male child
  • West-Frisian: jonge — male child
  • Friulian: frut — male child
  • Friulian: frutat — male child
  • Galician: neno — male child
  • Galician: petís — male child
  • Galician: catuxo — male child
  • Galician: boíno — male child
  • Gallo: gartz — male child
  • Georgian: ბიჭი (bič̣i) — male child
  • German: Bub — male child
  • German: Bube — male child
  • German: Junge — male child
  • German: Knabe — male child
  • German: Bueb — male child
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus) — male child
  • Greek: αγόρι (agóri) — male child
  • Ancient Greek: μειράκιον (meirákion) — male child
  • Greenlandic: nukappiaraq — male child
  • Mbya Guarani: ava'i — male child
  • Gujarati: છોકરો (chokro) — male child
  • Haitian Creole: (ti)gason — male child
  • Hausa: yaro — male child
  • Hausa: yārṑ — male child
  • Hawaiian: keiki kāne — male child
  • Hebrew: יֶלֶד (yéled) — male child
  • Hebrew: בֵּן (ben) — male child
  • Hindi: लड़का (laṛkā) — male child
  • Hindi: बच्चा (baccā) — male child
  • Hiri Motu: mero — male child
  • Hungarian: fiú — male child
  • Hungarian: csávó — male child
  • Hungarian: srác — male child
  • Icelandic: strákur — male child
  • Icelandic: drengur — male child
  • Ido: yunulo — male child
  • Ido: puerulo — male child
  • Ido: infantulo — male child
  • Indonesian: anak laki-laki — male child
  • Indonesian: anak lelaki — male child
  • Ingrian: poika — male child
  • Ingrian: poissi — male child
  • Ingush: кӏаьнк (kʼänk) — male child
  • Interlingua: pupo — male child
  • Interlingua: puero — male child
  • Interlingua: garson — male child
  • Inuktitut: nukatpiraq — male child
  • Inupiaq: nugatpiaq — male child
  • Irish: buachaill — male child
  • Irish: garsún — male child
  • Old Irish: macc — male child
  • Isoko: ọmọzaị — male child
  • Italian: bambino — male child
  • Italian: maschietto — male child
  • Italian: maschio — male child
  • Jamaican Creole: bwoi — male child
  • Jamaican Creole: bwai — male child
  • Japanese: 男の子 (otoko no ko) — male child
  • Japanese: 少年 (shōnen) — male child
  • Japanese: 坊や (bōya) — male child
  • Jeju: 남ᄌᆞ아이 (namjawai) — male child
  • Kabyle: aqcic — male child
  • Kabyle: agrud — male child
  • Kabyle: aqrur — male child
  • Kabyle: ameččuk — male child
  • Kabyle: abɣur — male child
  • Kaitag: урши́ (urší) — male child
  • Kalmyk: көвүн (kövün) — male child
  • Kamta: চেংৰা (seṅra) — male child
  • Kaqchikel: ak’wal — male child
  • Kazakh: бала (bala) — male child
  • Khmer: ក្មេងប្រុស (kmeeng proh) — male child
  • Khoekhoe: axab — male child
  • Khowar: ڈَق (ḍaq) — male child
  • Korean: 소년 (sonyeon) — male child
  • Korean: 남자아이 (namjaai) — male child
  • Korean: 남자애 (namjaae) — male child
  • Korean: 아이 (ai) — male child
  • Korean: 꼬마 (kkoma) — male child
  • Korean: 사내아이 (sanaeai) — male child
  • Krio: bobo — male child
  • Central Kurdish: کور (kur) — male child
  • Northern Kurdish: kur — male child
  • Northern Kurdish: xort — male child
  • Northern Kurdish: kurik — male child
  • Ktunaxa: niȼtahaⱡ — male child
  • Kyrgyz: бала (bala) — male child
  • Lao: ເດັກຜູ້ຊາຍ (dek phū sāi) — male child
  • Lao: ທາລົກ (thā lok) — male child
  • Latin: puer — male child
  • Latvian: puika — male child
  • Latvian: zēns — male child
  • Latvian: puisis — male child
  • Laz: biç̌i — male child
  • Laz: ბიჭი (biç̌i) — male child
  • Lembena: ome — male child
  • Lepcha: ᰊᰃᰥᰧᰀᰪᰱ (tagrikup) — male child
  • Lepcha: ᰣᰩᰵ (ʔóng) — male child
  • Limburgish: jóng — male child
  • Lingala: elenge — male child
  • Lithuanian: berniukas — male child
  • Lombard: bagai — male child
  • Lombard: tos — male child
  • Lorrain: gachon — male child
  • Lorrain: drole — male child
  • Louisiana Creole: gaçon — male child
  • Louisiana Creole: gason — male child
  • Louisiana Creole: ti boug — male child
  • Louisiana Creole: jènn boug — male child
  • Luxembourgish: Bouf — male child
  • Macedonian: момче (momče) — male child
  • Malay: budak lelaki — male child
  • Malayalam: ആൺകുട്ടി (āṇkuṭṭi) — male child
  • Maltese: tifel — male child
  • Maltese: sabi — male child
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᡥᠠ ᠵᡠᡳ (haha jui) — male child
  • Manx: boie — male child
  • Manx: guilley — male child
  • Manx: myrneen — male child
  • Manx: scollag — male child
  • Māori: tamaiti tāne — male child
  • Māori: tama — male child
  • Marathi: मुलगा (mulgā) — male child
  • Marathi: पोरगा (porgā) — male child
  • Eastern Mari: рвезе (rveze) — male child
  • Western Mari: рвезе (rveze) — male child
  • Maricopa: mhay — male child
  • Mauritian Creole: garson — male child
  • Mazanderani: ریکا — male child
  • Middle English: knave — male child
  • Central Sierra Miwok: ĉalí — male child
  • Mòcheno: pua — male child
  • Mohawk: raksà꞉ʼa — male child
  • Mongolian: хүү (xüü) — male child
  • Mongolian: хөвүүн (xövüün) — male child
  • Mongolian: хөвгүүн (xövgüün) — male child
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠦ (küü) — male child
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (köbegün) — male child
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (köbegün) — male child
  • Motu: mero — male child
  • Myene: onghwan'onome — male child
  • Naga Pidgin: chokra — male child
  • Naga Pidgin: mota — male child
  • Navajo: ashkii — male child
  • Neapolitan: guaglione — male child
  • Nepali: केटा (keṭā) — male child
  • Niuean: tama taane — male child
  • Nivkh: уткуоӻла (utkuoġla) — male child
  • Nivkh: азмытьэӻлӈ (azməțeġlŋ) — male child
  • Norman: garçon — male child
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gutt — male child
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gut — male child
  • Occitan: dròlle — male child
  • Occitan: gojat — male child
  • Occitan: gojardàs — male child
  • Occitan: garç — male child
  • Occitan: garçon — male child
  • Old Occitan: gart — male child
  • Old Occitan: guart — male child
  • Odia: ଟୋକା (Ṭokā) — male child
  • Church Slavic: отрокъ (otrokŭ) — male child
  • Church Slavic: дѣтищъ (dětištŭ) — male child
  • Church Slavic: паробъкъ (parobŭkŭ) — male child
  • Old English: cniht — male child
  • Old Prussian: wāiklis — male child
  • Old Tupi: kunumĩ — male child
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽳𐾁 (ʾwqwl) — male child
  • O'odham: ceoj — male child
  • Ossetian: лӕппу (læppu) — male child
  • Ossetian: лӕппо (læppo) — male child
  • Pannonian Rusyn: хлапец (xlapec) — male child
  • Pashto: هلک (halək) — male child
  • Pashto: ووړکی (woṛkai) — male child
  • Pennsylvania German: Buh — male child
  • Dari: بَچَه (bača) — male child
  • Dari: بَچَّه (bačča) — male child
  • Iranian Persian: پِسَر (pesar) — male child
  • Iranian Persian: پُس (pos) — male child
  • Iranian Persian: جَوانَک (javânak) — male child
  • Picard: garchon — male child
  • Pijin: boe — male child
  • Polish: chłopiec — male child
  • Polish: chłopak — male child
  • Polish: chłopczyk — male child
  • Portuguese: garoto — male child
  • Portuguese: menino — male child
  • Portuguese: moço — male child
  • Portuguese: puto — male child
  • Portuguese: miúdo — male child
  • Portuguese: mancebo — male child
  • Punjabi: ਮੁੰਡਾ (muṇḍā) — male child
  • Rapa Nui: poki tane — male child
  • Réunion Creole French: garson — male child
  • Romagnol: burdël — male child
  • Romagnol: bastêrd (Faenza) — male child
  • Romani: ćhavo — male child
  • Romani: raklo — male child
  • Romanian: băiat — male child
  • Romanian: fiu — male child
  • Romansh: mat — male child
  • Romansh: giuven — male child
  • Romansh: buob — male child
  • Russian: ма́льчик (málʹčik) — male child
  • Russian: паца́н (pacán) — male child
  • Rwanda-Rundi: umuhungu — male child
  • Inari-Sami: kandâ — male child
  • Inari-Sami: pärni — male child
  • Northern Sami: bárdni — male child
  • Northern Sami: gánda — male child
  • Skolt-Sami: âˊlǧǧ — male child
  • Southern Sami: baernie — male child
  • Sanskrit: बटु (baṭu) — male child
  • Scots: lad — male child
  • Scots: laddie — male child
  • Scottish Gaelic: balach — male child
  • Scottish Gaelic: balachan — male child
  • Scottish Gaelic: gille — male child
  • Saraiki: چُھوہَر (chūhar) — male child
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѐча̄к — male child
  • Serbo-Croatian: дјѐча̄к — male child
  • Serbo-Croatian: dèčāk — male child
  • Serbo-Croatian: djèčāk — male child
  • Sicilian: picciriddu — male child
  • Sicilian: carusu — male child
  • Sirenik: nukeɫpegaẋ — male child
  • Slovak: chlapec — male child
  • Slovene: fant — male child
  • Slovene: deček — male child
  • Somali: inan — male child
  • Lower Sorbian: gólc — male child
  • Sotho: moshemane — male child
  • Spanish: niño — male child
  • Spanish: chaval — male child
  • Spanish: varón — male child
  • Spanish: chico — male child
  • Spanish: boy or girl?) ¿varón o mujer? — male child
  • Sranan Tongo: boy — male child
  • Svan: ჭყინტ (č̣q̇inṭ) — male child
  • Swahili: mtoto — male child
  • Swedish: pojke — male child
  • Swedish: kille — male child
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠀ (fua) — male child
  • Tabasaran: бай (baj) — male child
  • Tagalog: batang lalaki — male child
  • Tajik: писар (pisar) — male child
  • Tajik: писарбача (pisarbača) — male child
  • Talysh: زوئه (zua) — male child
  • Tamil: பய்யன் (payyaṉ) — male child
  • Tamil: பையன் (paiyaṉ) — male child
  • Tamil: பையல் (paiyal) — male child
  • Tamil: பைதல் (paital) — male child
  • Taos: ə̀wyuʼúna — male child
  • Tarifit: aḥenjir — male child
  • Tarifit: aneybu — male child
  • Telugu: బాలుడు (bāluḍu) — male child
  • Telugu: అబ్బాయి (abbāyi) — male child
  • Telugu: యువకుడు (yuvakuḍu) — male child
  • Thai: เด็กผู้ชาย (dèk-pûu-chaai) — male child
  • Thai: เด็กชาย (dèk-chaai) — male child
  • Tocharian B: kālyśke — male child
  • Tocharian B: śamaśke — male child
  • Tok Pisin: boi — male child
  • Tongan: tamasi'i — male child
  • Tumbuka: msepuka — male child
  • Turkish: oğlan — male child
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak) — male child
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغلان (oğlan) — male child
  • Turkmen: oglan — male child
  • Tuvan: оол (ool) — male child
  • Tuvan: оол оглу (ool oglu) — male child
  • Udmurt: пияш (pijaš) — male child
  • Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎓𐎗 (nʿr) — male child
  • Ukrainian: хло́пець (xlópecʹ) — male child
  • Ukrainian: хло́пчик (xlópčyk) — male child
  • Urdu: لَڑْکا (laṛkā) — male child
  • Urdu: بَچَّہ (bacca) — male child
  • Uyghur: بالا (bala) — male child
  • Uzbek: bola — male child
  • Venetan: tóxo — male child
  • Venetan: toxo — male child
  • Venetan: toxato — male child
  • Venetan: toxàt — male child
  • Venetan: butèl — male child
  • Venetan: bòcia — male child
  • Vietnamese: trai — male child
  • Vietnamese: con trai — male child
  • Volapük: pul — male child
  • Volapük: hipul — male child
  • Volapük: hicil — male child
  • Walloon: valet — male child
  • Walloon: gamén — male child
  • Welsh: bachgen — male child
  • Welsh: bechgyn — male child
  • Winnebago: hocįcį — male child
  • Woiwurrung: wya-luk — male child
  • Yagara: budgera — male child
  • Yakut: уол (uol) — male child
  • Yámana: yaxaki — male child
  • Yiddish: ייִנגל (yingl) — male child
  • Yoruba: ọmọkùnrin — male child
  • Yucatec Maya: xiʼipal — male child
  • Yup'ik: nukaɫpiaq — male child
  • Zazaki: laj (diq) — male child
  • Zulu: umfana — male child
  • Afrikaans: jongman — young man
  • Arabic: صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy) — young man
  • Arabic: فَتًى (fatan) — young man
  • Arabic: غُلَام (ḡulām) — young man
  • Arabic: صبيان (ṣubyān) — young man
  • Danish: dreng — young man
  • Dutch: jongen — young man
  • Esperanto: knabo — young man
  • Finnish: poika — young man
  • French: garçon — young man
  • Galician: rapaz — young man
  • Galician: raparigo — young man
  • German: Bube — young man
  • German: Bursche — young man
  • German: Bursch — young man
  • German: Junge — young man
  • German: junger Mann — young man
  • Haitian Creole: (ti)gason — young man
  • Hawaiian: kāne ʻōpio — young man
  • Hebrew: נַעַר (na'ár) — young man
  • Hebrew: בָּחוּר (bakhúr) — young man
  • Hungarian: fiú — young man
  • Hungarian: csávó — young man
  • Hungarian: srác — young man
  • Ido: yunulo — young man
  • Indonesian: laki-laki — young man
  • Indonesian: cowok — young man
  • Irish: buachaill — young man
  • Irish: garsún — young man
  • Italian: ragazzo — young man
  • Italian: ragazzino — young man
  • Italian: maschietto — young man
  • Italian: maschio — young man
  • Japanese: 男の子 (otoko no ko) — young man
  • Japanese: 少年 (shōnen) — young man
  • Japanese: 男子 (danshi) — young man
  • Japanese: 坊や (bōya) — young man
  • Korean: 소년 (sonyeon) — young man
  • Korean: 남자아이 (namjaai) — young man
  • Korean: 남자애 (namjaae) — young man
  • Korean: 아이 (ai) — young man
  • Korean: 꼬마 (kkoma) — young man
  • Korean: 사내아이 (sanaeai) — young man
  • Māori: taitama — young man
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tenåringsgutt — young man
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tenåringsgut — young man
  • Odia: ଟୋକା (Ṭokā) — young man
  • Portuguese: garoto — young man
  • Portuguese: rapaz — young man
  • Portuguese: moço — young man
  • Portuguese: puto — young man
  • Portuguese: miúdo — young man
  • Portuguese: mancebo — young man
  • Réunion Creole French: garson — young man
  • Russian: ю́ноша (júnoša) — young man
  • Russian: па́рень (párenʹ) — young man
  • Russian: подро́сток (podróstok) — young man
  • Russian: паца́н (pacán) — young man
  • Scots: lad — young man
  • Scots: laddie — young man
  • Sicilian: picciottu — young man
  • Sicilian: carusu — young man
  • Spanish: chico — young man
  • Spanish: muchacho — young man
  • Spanish: chaval — young man
  • Spanish: varón — young man
  • Spanish: boy or girl?) ¿varón o mujer? — young man
  • Swahili: kijana — young man
  • Tagalog: lalaki — young man
  • Tok Pisin: boi — young man
  • Ukrainian: хло́пець (xlópecʹ) — young man
  • Vietnamese: chàng trai — young man
  • Finnish: poika — son of any age
  • Kaitag: урши́ (urší) — son of any age
  • Latin: fīlius — son of any age
  • Marathi: पुत्र (putra) — son of any age
  • Marathi: सुपुत्र (suputra) — son of any age
  • Marathi: मुलगा (mulgā) — son of any age
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغل (oğul) — son of any age
  • Finnish: poika — male human younger than the speaker
  • Odia: ଟୋକା (Ṭokā) — male human younger than the speaker
  • Afrikaans: jong boy — male servant
  • Basque: morroi — male servant
  • Bulgarian: слуга́ (slugá) — male servant
  • Catalan: minyó — male servant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男僕 /男仆 (nánpú) — male servant
  • Dutch: boy — male servant
  • Dutch: huisboy — male servant
  • Finnish: poika — male servant
  • French: garçon — male servant
  • French: boy — male servant
  • German: Knappe — male servant
  • German: Boy — male servant
  • Greek: αγόρι (agóri) — male servant
  • Hebrew: נַעַר (ná'ar) — male servant
  • Hungarian: szolga — male servant
  • Irish: buachaill — male servant
  • Italian: ragazzo — male servant
  • Japanese: ボーイ (bōi) — male servant
  • Lao: ໂບຍ (bōi) — male servant
  • Lao: ບ່າວໃຊ້ (bāo sai) — male servant
  • Latin: puer — male servant
  • Latin: servus — male servant
  • Latvian: puisis — male servant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjenestegutt — male servant
  • Iranian Persian: نُوْکَر (nowkar) — male servant
  • Iranian Persian: ریدَک (ridak) — male servant
  • Portuguese: criado — male servant
  • Russian: слуга́ (slugá) — male servant
  • Russian: лаке́й (lakéj) — male servant
  • Russian: ма́льчик на побегу́шках (málʹčik na pobegúškax) — male servant
  • Scots: lad — male servant
  • Scots: laddie — male servant
  • Scottish Gaelic: gille — male servant
  • Telugu: సేవకుడు (sēvakuḍu) — male servant
  • Telugu: కూలివాడు (kūlivāḍu) — male servant
  • Telugu: పనివాడు (panivāḍu) — male servant
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak) — male servant
  • Ukrainian: козачо́к (kozačók) — male servant
  • Zazaki: desterma — male servant
  • Dutch: boy — historical: non-white male servant
  • French: boy — historical: non-white male servant
  • Basque: beltz — non-white male
  • Dutch: nikker — non-white male
  • Hungarian: fekete — non-white male
  • Icelandic: negri — non-white male
  • Italian: negro — non-white male
  • Norwegian Bokmål: negergutt — non-white male
  • Norwegian Bokmål: neger — non-white male
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nigger — non-white male
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: negergut — non-white male
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: neger — non-white male
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nigger — non-white male
  • Russian: черноко́жий (černokóžij) — non-white male
  • Basque: mutil — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Basque: motel — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Catalan: home — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男生 (nánshēng) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Czech: chlapec — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Danish: knægt — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Dutch: jongen — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Dutch: kerel — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Esperanto: ulo — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Finnish: poika — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • French: gars — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • German: Bursche — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • German: Bursch — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • German: Junge — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • German: Kerl — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Greek: αγόρι (agóri) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Icelandic: strákur — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Indonesian: pria — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Indonesian: laki-laki — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Irish: buachaill — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Italian: ragazzo — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Malay: lelaki — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Neapolitan: compare — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gutt — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gut — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Portuguese: rapaz — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Portuguese: moço — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Romanian: băiat — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Russian: мужчи́на (mužčína) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Inari-Sami: kandâ — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Inari-Sami: pärni — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Scots: lad — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Scots: laddie — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Scottish Gaelic: balach — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Scottish Gaelic: gille — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Sicilian: picciottu — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Slovak: chlapec — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Spanish: chico — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Spanish: muchacho — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Swedish: kille — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Swedish: grabb — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Telugu: కుర్రవాడు (kurravāḍu) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Telugu: అబ్బాయి (abbāyi) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Telugu: మగవాడు (magavāḍu) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Telugu: కుఱ్ఱవాడు (kuṟṟavāḍu) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Tongan: tamasi'i — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Ukrainian: хло́пець (xlópecʹ) — male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive
  • Afrikaans: man boy — male friend
  • Basque: mutil — male friend
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老弟 (lǎodì) — male friend
  • Czech: chlapec — male friend
  • Czech: kluk — male friend
  • Danish: dreng — male friend
  • Dutch: man — male friend
  • Dutch: jongen — male friend
  • Dutch: kerel — male friend
  • Dutch: boy — male friend
  • Finnish: kaveri — male friend
  • French: garçon — male friend
  • French: gars — male friend
  • German: Jung — male friend
  • Hungarian: haverok — male friend
  • Hungarian: fiúk — male friend
  • Hungarian: srácok — male friend
  • Icelandic: strákur — male friend
  • Italian: ragazzo — male friend
  • Latin: amīcus — male friend
  • Norwegian: kamerat — male friend
  • Norwegian: kompis — male friend
  • Portuguese: garoto — male friend
  • Portuguese: menino — male friend
  • Portuguese: rapaziada — male friend
  • Portuguese: turma — male friend
  • Portuguese: galera — male friend
  • Portuguese: meninada — male friend
  • Russian: ребя́та (rebjáta) — male friend
  • Scottish Gaelic: balach — male friend
  • Scottish Gaelic: gille — male friend
  • Sicilian: picciotto — male friend
  • Slovak: chlapec — male friend
  • Telugu: అబ్బాయిలు (abbāyilu) — male friend
  • Telugu: కుర్రాళ్ళు (kurrāḷḷu) — male friend
  • Finnish: poika — affectionate term of address for male dog
  • Greek: αγόρι (agóri) — affectionate term of address for male dog
  • Lithuanian: šuo — affectionate term of address for male dog
  • Lithuanian: gerutis — affectionate term of address for male dog
  • Portuguese: garotão — affectionate term of address for male dog
  • Ukrainian: хло́пчик (xlópčyk) — affectionate term of address for male dog