Engels Woord van de dag

boy

jongen

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

boy

1. jongen, knaap

Engels > Engels

boy

1. n. A young male, particularly

Kate is dating a boy named Jim.

2. n. A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.

3. n. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.

4. n. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.

5. n. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.

6. n. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:

7. n. A younger such worker.

8. n. (historical, or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

9. n. (obsolete) A male camp follower.

10. n. (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.

11. n. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.

C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?

Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?

12. n. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

13. n. (US, slang) Heroin.

14. interj. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Boy, that was close!

Boy, that tastes good!

Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!

15. v. to use the word boy to refer to someone

Don't boy me!

16. v. to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)

Nederlands > Engels

jongen

1. n-m. A boy, any male child.

De jongen speelt in de tuin met zijn bal. - The boy is playing in the garden with his ball.

2. n-m. (in the plural) Members of a male 'peers' group, e.g. a military unit.

3. n-m. (informal, used in the used in the vocative) (Informal term used to address multiple children of masculine or mixed gender;) kids, guys (may be considered insufficiently gender-inclusive).

Kom op, jongens, laten we naar buiten gaan en spelen! - Come on, kids/guys, let's go outside and play!

4. n-m. (colloquial used in the vocative) (Colloquial term used by men to address other familiar men); mate, dude, bro.

Hé, jongens, hoe gaat het vandaag? - Hey, mates/dudes/bros, how's it going today?

5. n-m. (familiar) A male servant, especially but not exclusively a younger one (using it for older men may be dated and offensive).

De rijke koopman had een jongen die hem hielp bij zijn dagelijkse taken. - The wealthy merchant had a male servant who assisted him with his daily tasks.

6. n-m. (familiar) A male trainee or newcomer in a job.

De nieuwe medewerker is nog maar een jongen in het vak, dus we moeten hem nog veel leren. - The new employee is still a trainee in the job, so we have to teach him a lot.

7. v. To give birth, to have offspring, i.e. to deliver one or more young

8. v. (figuratively, intransitive) To multiply, grow

9. n. plural of jong