"ex-boyfriend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ex-boyfriends [plural]
Etymology: ex- + boyfriend Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ex|boyfriend}} ex- + boyfriend Head templates: {{en-noun}} ex-boyfriend (plural ex-boyfriends)
  1. A former boyfriend. Synonyms: exboyfriend Related terms: ex-girlfriend Translations (a former boyfriend): 前男友 (qián nányǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), entinen poikaystävä (Finnish), entinen miesystävä (Finnish), ex [masculine] (French), ex-copain [masculine] (French), ex-chum [Quebec, masculine] (French), Ex-Freund [masculine] (German), volt barát (Hungarian), volt fiú (Hungarian), 元カレ (moto-kare) (Japanese), były chłopak [masculine] (Polish), ex-namorado [masculine] (Portuguese), fost iubit [masculine] (Romanian), fost [masculine] (Romanian), бы́вший па́рень (bývšij párenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), exnovio [masculine] (Spanish), expojkvän [common-gender] (Swedish)

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