boy
French, noun/bɔj/
boy is spelled B-O-Y (3 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boy is a French masculine noun meaning “boy (non-white male servant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans les colonies, valet, domestique”.
What does boy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffensiveboy (non-white male servant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans les colonies, valet, domestique. 2. Jeune danseur de revue. 3. Jeune garçon de piste affecté à diverses tâches durant la représentation du spectacle d'un cirque. 4. Jeune garçon anglais.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boy
- boys plural
- boyesse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boy?
- /bɔj/
- \bɔj\
- [bɔj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boy in French?
boy appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).