"choirboy" meaning in All languages combined

See choirboy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-choirboy.wav Forms: choirboys [plural], choir boy [alternative]
Etymology: From choir + boy. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choir|boy}} choir + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} choirboy (plural choirboys)
  1. A boy chorister. Translations (boy chorister): escolà [masculine] (Catalan), ĥorknabo (Esperanto), kuoripoika (Finnish), kuoropoika (Finnish), Chorknabe [masculine] (German), escolano [masculine] (Spanish), seise [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-choirboy-en-noun-hYNlN~is Disambiguation of 'boy chorister': 99 1
  2. (figurative) A piously innocent person. Tags: figuratively Translations (piously innocent person): enfant de chœur [masculine] (French), Chorknabe [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-choirboy-en-noun-hMbOFzBP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Musicians Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Musicians: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'piously innocent person': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: choirboyish
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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