little boy

See also: Little Boy

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

little boy (plural little boys)

1. A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
   • 1986 February 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

     Calvin: I'd like to get a Valentine bouquet for a girl I know.
     Cashier: What a sweet little boy you are! Come see what we have.

2. (Australia, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.
3. (derogatory) A male perceived to be weaker than or subservient to another; or a boy who is too young for their job.

Synonyms

• (male child): boykin, young boy

Derived terms

• little boy's room

Translations

a diminutive male child

• Belarusian: хло́пчык m (xlópčyk), хлапчаня́ n (xlapčanjá), хлапчанё n (xlapčanjó), хлапчу́к m (xlapčúk) (colloquial)
• Breton: paotr (br) m
• Bulgarian: момче́нце (bg) n (momčénce)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小男孩 (xiǎonánhái)

• Czech: chlapeček m
• Esperanto: knabeto
• Finnish: pikkupoika (fi)
• French: garçonnet (fr) m, petit (fr) m, gamin (fr) m
• German: Knäbchen n, Knäblein (de) n, Bürschchen (de) n, Bübchen (de) n, Bengelchen (de) n
• Greek: αγοράκι (el) n (agoráki)
• Hungarian: kisfiú (hu)
• Ingrian: poissikkain, poikain
• Irish: buachaill (ga) m
• Italian: bambino (it) m
• Japanese: 男の子 (ja) (おとこのこ, otoko no ko), 男児 (ja) (だんじ, danji)
• Khmer: ក្មេងប្រុស (kmeeng proh)
• Korean: 남자아이 (ko) (namjaai), 남자애 (namjaae)
• Macedonian: момченце (momčence)
• Old English: cnafa m, cniht m
• Polish: chłopczyk (pl) m, chłopaczek (pl) m
• Portuguese: rapaz (pt) m
• Romani: ćhavorro m (Romani), raklorro m (non-Romani)
• Romanian: băiețel (ro) m
• Russian: ма́льчик (ru) m (málʹčik), мальчи́шка (ru) m (malʹčíška), мальчуга́н (ru) m (malʹčugán) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: balachan (gd) m
• Slovak: chlapček m
• Spanish: niño (es) m, chamaquito (es) m (Mexico, Central America), chiquito (es) m, chiquitin m
• Swedish: småpojke (sv) c, gosse (sv) c
• Ukrainian: хло́пчик (xlópčyk), хлопча́к m (xlopčák), хлопчи́сько n (xlopčýsʹko), хлопі́йко n (xlopíjko)
• Welsh: bachgennyn m, bachgenyn m

See also

• little girl