Dictionary

boyhood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English boyhood From boy + -hood.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of being a boy.
   • It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick's great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination! 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
   • And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […] 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
2. (countable) The childhood of a boy.

Forms

Coordinates

womanhood · manhood · girlhood · girlhood

Relateds

good old boyhood

Translations (17)

eo knabeco (The state or period of being a boy) · fi poikuus (The state or period of being a boy) · pl chłopięctwo (The state or period of being a boy) · fr enfance (The state or period of being a boy) · ru о́трочество (The state or period of being a boy) · ka სიყრმე (The state or period of being a boy) · as ল’ৰালি (The state or period of being a boy) · ckb کوڕێتی (The state or period of being a boy) · es niñez (The state or period of being a boy) · sh дечаштво (The state or period of being a boy) · pt meninice (The state or period of being a boy) · kk ересектік (The state or period of being a boy) · mk момчештво (The state or period of being a boy) · fr garçonnité (The state or period of being a boy) · rsk хлапцовство (The state or period of being a boy) · gl nenez (The state or period of being a boy) · pl lata chłopięce (The state or period of being a boy)