little boy

English

Noun

little boy (plural little boys)

1. A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
2. (New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.

Synonyms

• (male child): boykin, young boy

Derived terms

• little boy's room

Translations

a diminutive male child

• Breton: paotr m
• Bulgarian: момченце (bg) (momčence) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小男孩 (cmn) (xiǎonánhái)

• Esperanto: knabeto (eo)
• Finnish: pikkupoika (fi)
• French: garçonnet (fr) m, petit (fr) m, gamin (fr) m
• German: Knäbchen (de) n, Knäblein (de) n
• Hungarian: kisfiú (hu)

• 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)
• Old English: cnafa (ang) m, cniht (ang) m
• Russian: мальчик (ru) (málʹčik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: balachan m
• Spanish: niño (es) m, chiquito (es) m, chiquitin (es) m
• Welsh: bachgennyn (cy) m, bachgenyn (cy) m

See also

• little girl