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62 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• boy n. A young male.
• boy n. (Diminutive) A son of any age.
• boy n. (Endearing, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
• boy n. (Obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and…
• boy n. (Now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant…
• boy n. (Now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
• boy n. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
• boy n. (Historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
• boy n. (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
• boy n. (Somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
• boy interj. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
• boy v. (Transitive) To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women’s parts on the stage).
• BOY adj. (Education) Initialism of beginning of year.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Azerbaijani
  • boy n. Height, stature.
• Cebuano
  • boy n. Houseboy, errand boy.
  • Boy prop.n. A nickname for one’s son.
• Chibcha
  • boy n. Alternative form of boi.
• Chinese
  • boy n. (Hong Kong Cantonese) The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
• Hungarian
  • boy n. A young male servant, low-position assistant.
  • boy n. (Dated) A male ballet dancer.
• Hupdë
  • bõy n. House.
• Ladino
  • boy n. Age.
• Ladino - Turkish
  • boy n. Size.
• Middle english
  • boy n. Alternative spelling of boye.
• Norwegian bokmål
  • bøy v. Imperative of bøye.
  • bøy v. Simple past of by.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • bøy v. Imperative of bøya.
• Polish
  • boy n. Bellboy, office boy.
• Sranan tongo
  • boy n. (Unofficial spelling) boy.
• Tagalog
  • boy n. (Colloquial) errand boy; houseboy; boy doing a menial job (usually young).
  • Boy prop.n. A diminutive of the male given names Bonito or Bonifacio.
• Turkish
  • boy n. Stature.
  • boy n. Tribe, clan.
  • boy n. (Only constructed with otu or tohumu) fenugreek.
  • Boy prop.n. A male given name.
• Vietnamese
  • Bố␣Y n. Bouyei, an ethnic group of Vietnam.
• Westrobothnian
  • boy n. Shoulder (of an animal).

— English word, defined in German —

• boy S. Junge, junger Mann.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• boy n. Jongen.

— English words, defined in French —

• boy n. Garçon.
• boy n. (Affectueux) Fils.
• boy n. (Affectueux) Homme plus jeune que le locuteur.
• boy n. (Vieilli) Serviteur.
• boy interj. Expression de surprise, de plaisir ou d’aspiration.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• boy s. Niño, muchacho, mozalbete.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• boy s. Garoto, rapaz, jovem.
• boy s. Menino.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• boy s. Ragazzo.

— In German —

• Boy S. Männlicher Vorname.
• Boy S. Boi, Boj.

— In Dutch —

• boy n. Jongen.
• Boy eig. (Mannelijke naam) jongensnaam.

— In French —

• boy n.m. Dans les colonies, valet, domestique.
• boy n.m. (Anglicisme) Jeune danseur de revue.
• boy n.m. Jeune garçon anglais.
• boy n.m. (Canada) (Anglicisme) Ami, gars.
• boy n.m. (Chimie) Support élévateur, sorte de cric utilisé en laboratoire…
• Boy n.fam. Nom de famille français.

— In Spanish —

• boy s. Chico del cuerpo de baile en las revistas y espectáculos musicales.
• boy s. Chico que actúa bailando en espectáculos eróticos cuyo número…
• boy s. Sirviente nativo, doméstico o personal, de las colonias africanas…

— In Portuguese —

• boy s. (Estrangeirismo) ver bói.

140 English words from 37 English definitions

act acting address affectionate age allusion Alternative and animal any armed assistant ballet ballet␣dancer beginning Bellboy boi Bonifacio Bonito Bouyei boy boys Cantonese childish clan Colloquial Commonwealth constructed dancer Dated diminutive dog doing Education Endearing errand errand␣boy especially etc ethnic ethnic␣group Exclamation fenugreek for form former for␣one gene given given␣name given␣names group Height Heroin Historical holder Hong Hong␣Kong House houseboy Imperative Initialism job Kong Latin Latin␣script letter longing low male mean menial military name names nations nickname non non-white Now Obsolete of␣age of␣an offensive office office␣boy one Only on␣the outside particularly parts past pejorative pleasure position practice rank rare rather regardless regardless␣of script servant services Shoulder Simple Simple␣past Size slang slave some Somewhat son speaker spelling stage station stature surprise than the this to␣the Transitive tree Tribe uncountable Unofficial usually various Vietnam white with women worthless wretch year young younger

33 English words from 25 foreign definitions

aspiration baile Boi Canada Chico colonies cric Dans danseur del domestique Expression Fils garçon gars Homme Jeune las les Mann muchacho musicales naam Nom personal plus que revue sorte Support surprise valet ver

1 foreign word from 37 English definitions

boye

46 foreign words from 25 foreign definitions

actúa Affectueux africanas Ami anglais Anglicisme bailando bói Boj Chimie colonias cuerpo cuyo Dans␣les doméstico élévateur eróticos espectáculos Estrangeirismo famille français Garoto jeune Jongen jongensnaam jovem Junge junger laboratoire locuteur Männlicher Menino mozalbete nativo Niño Nom␣de␣famille número plaisir Ragazzo rapaz revistas Serviteur Sirviente utilisé Vieilli Vorname

285 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Boyd boyf boyg boyo boys Boyt boyz boyar boyau Boyce Boyea boyed boyer Boyer Boyes boyey boyfs Boyko boyla boyle Boyle boyly Boyne boyos boysy Boyte Boyts Boyum Boyack boyang boyard boyars boyaus boyaux boy-cut boydem Boyden Boyeas boyeen boyers Boyett boying boyish boyism boykie boykin Boykin Boykos Boylan boylas +235 words

496 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

b-boys B-boys e-boys t-boys b-boyed B-boyed CC␣boys hoboys It␣boys jiboya Laboya Laboys my␣boys O'Boyle poboys po'boys po'␣boys unboys aceboys all-boys amboyna Amboyna badboys bad-boys bad␣boys bagboys bag␣boys barboys batboys b-boying B-boying big␣boys bimboys bioboys bomboys box␣boys bugboys bug␣boys bumboys busboys camboys carboys catboys cisboys cowboys Cowboys dayboys day␣boys Del␣Boys fagboys fag-boys fag␣boys +444 words

374 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

b-boy B-boy e-boy fboy oboy t-boy CC␣boy hoboy It␣boy Laboy my␣boy oh␣boy poboy po'boy po'␣boy unboy ya␣boy aceboy badboy bad-boy bad␣boy bagboy bag␣boy barboy batboy big␣boy bimboy bioboy bomboy box␣boy bugboy bug␣boy bumboy bum␣boy busboy camboy carboy catboy cisboy Conboy cowboy dayboy day␣boy Del␣Boy fagboy fag-boy fag␣boy fanboy femboy flyboy fly-boy +323 words

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

yob YoB YOB Y.O.B. Y.␣O.␣B.

8 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

byo BYO oby yob YoB YOB Y.O.B. Y.␣O.␣B.

62 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

b-boy B-boy bhoy b'hoy body Body bogy Boky bony BONY bouy boxy Boyd boyf boyg boyo boys Boyt boyz bro-y bryo- buoy buyo bwoy BYOB BYOC BYOD byos BYOW Coby doby Doby do␣by e-boy fboy goby go-by go␣by Hoby Koby kybo moby Moby MYOB M.Y.O.B. NOYB obby obey oboy obvy +12 words

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bo Bo BO B.O. by -by b'y by- ob Ob OB ob- ob. Ob. oy yb Yb YB yo YO y/o yo' y.o.

92 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bay Bay bby bey Bey bly Bly boa Boa bob Bob BOB BoC BOC BÖC bod Bod BOD Boe BoE BOE BOF bog BOG boh BOH boi Boi BOI BOJ bok Bok bol Bol. BoM BOM Bon BON Bön boo Boo bop Bop BOP BOQ bor Bor BOR Bor. bos BOS Bos. bot BOT 'bot -bot bo't bow Bow box Box Boz buy coy Coy doy EOY foy Foy goy Goy hoy Hoy HOY ioy joy Joy Koy loy Loy Moy noy Noy poy roy Roy ROY soy Soy toy Toy YoY

9 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

bo Bo BO B.O. by -by b'y by- oy

15 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

b-boy B-boy bhoy b'hoy body Body bogy Boky bony BONY bouy boxy bro-y buoy bwoy

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