tomboy
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl;[1] the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy:[2] "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?"[3] By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”;[2] from tom + boy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɒmbɔɪ
Noun
[edit]tomboy (plural tomboys)
- A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
- (Philippines, colloquial) A lesbian; a butch.
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]girl who acts as a typical boy would
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Why Calling Someone A "Tomboy" Is Problematic, Sebastian Zulch, May 4, 2015, Bustle magazine.
Further reading
[edit]Bikol Central
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tómbóy
- a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
- (colloquial) a lesbian; butch
See also
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tomboy
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomboy.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English tomboy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tomboy f (plural tomboys)
- tomboy (a boyish girl or woman)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtomboj/ [ˈt̪om.boɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -omboj
- Syllabification: tom‧boy
Noun
[edit]tomboy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜌ᜔) (colloquial)
- tomboy; boyish girl
- Synonyms: binalaki, binalalaki, marimatso, lalakinin, amasona
- 1973, Liwayway:
- Si Trudy, gaya ng palayaw sa kanya, ay isang tomboy. Sa kanilang lugar, walang batang lalaking nakadaig sa kanya sa ano mang uri ng sports.
- Trudy, like her nickname, is a tomboy. In their neighborhood, the boys cannot even beat her in any sports.
- 1968, Dionisio S. Salazar, Pitong dula:
- Sa suot niyang " kamisadentrong panlalaki at "pedal-pusher" na maong ay wala siyang iniwan sa isang "tomboy". (Palinga-linga silang dalawa na tila may hinahanap. Pagtapat sa may puno ng adelpa ay titigil sila.)
- He did not leave the undershirt and "pedal-pusher" jeans to a tomboy (They are looking to the left and right like they are finding something. They will stop when they face the oleander tree.)
- butch; lesbian
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