"boy" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /bɔi̯/ Audio: Nl-boy.ogg Forms: boys [plural], boytje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɔi̯ Etymology: Borrowed from English boy. Cognate with Middle Dutch boye (“young man, boy”), whence Dutch boi (“boy”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|boy}} English boy, {{cog|dum|boye|t=young man, boy}} Middle Dutch boye (“young man, boy”), {{cog|nl|boi|t=boy}} Dutch boi (“boy”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|boytje}} boy m (plural boys, diminutive boytje n)
  1. (historical, now offensive) a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony Tags: historical, masculine, offensive Synonyms: djongos
    Sense id: en-boy-nl-noun-wNOfwQvV Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. (informal) boy, young man Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-boy-nl-noun-slTeMPB7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: guy

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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