noun
Meaning 1
A former boyfriend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I wish my ex-boyfriend wouldn't text me so often!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ex-boyfriend
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noun
Meaning 2
a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, adult male
History
Etymology
From ex- + boyfriend.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 前男友 (qián nányǒu) — a former boyfriend
- Finnish: entinen poikaystävä — a former boyfriend
- Finnish: entinen miesystävä — a former boyfriend
- French: ex — a former boyfriend
- French: ex-copain — a former boyfriend
- French: ex-chum — a former boyfriend
- German: Ex-Freund — a former boyfriend
- Hungarian: volt barát — a former boyfriend
- Hungarian: volt fiú — a former boyfriend
- Indonesian: mantan — a former boyfriend
- Japanese: 元カレ (moto-kare) — a former boyfriend
- Persian: دوستپسر قبلی (dust-pesar-e qabli) — a former boyfriend
- Polish: były chłopak — a former boyfriend
- Portuguese: ex-namorado — a former boyfriend
- Romanian: fost iubit — a former boyfriend
- Romanian: fost — a former boyfriend
- Russian: бы́вший па́рень (bývšij párenʹ) — a former boyfriend
- Spanish: exnovio — a former boyfriend
- Spanish: antiguo novio — a former boyfriend
- Swedish: expojkvän — a former boyfriend
- Turkish: eski erkek arkadaş — a former boyfriend
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