"ボーイ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [bo̞ːi] Forms: bōi [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English boy. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|boy}} English boy Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ボーイ • (bōi)
  1. boy Synonyms: 男子 (danshi), 男の子 (otoko no ko), 少年 (shōnen), 坊や (bōya) Coordinate_terms: ガール (gāru), 女子 女の子 (onna no ko)
    Sense id: en-ボーイ-ja-noun-zGp3hATq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [bo̞ːi] Forms: bōi [romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of ベルボーイ (berubōi), borrowed from English bellboy. Etymology templates: {{clipping|ja|ベルボーイ|tr=berubōi}} Clipping of ベルボーイ (berubōi), {{bor|ja|en|bellboy}} English bellboy Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ボーイ • (bōi)
  1. bellboy, (male) bellhop, porter, page Categories (topical): Kyabakura industry, Male people Synonyms (bellboy): ホテルのボーイ (hoteru no bōi), ベルホップ (beruhoppu), ベルマン (beruman), ベルスタッフ (berusutaffu) [rare] Coordinate_terms (bellboy): ガール (gāru), ベルガール (berugāru)
    Sense id: en-ボーイ-ja-noun-VM6bxJ8g Disambiguation of Kyabakura industry: 8 79 13 Disambiguation of Male people: 14 61 25 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 82 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 85 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 85 12 Disambiguation of 'bellboy': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'bellboy': 96 4
  2. (male) waiter Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms (waiter): 給仕 (kyūji), 男の給仕人 (otoko no kyūji-jin), ウェイター (weitā) Coordinate_terms (waiter): 女の給仕人 (onna no kyūji-jin), ウェイトレス (weitoresu)
    Sense id: en-ボーイ-ja-noun-m-t8C9kT Disambiguation of Occupations: 1 32 67 Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 9 37 54 Disambiguation of 'waiter': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'waiter': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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