boyfriend

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
 * 2) A male friend.
 * 3)  A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.undefined
 * 1) A male friend.
 * 2)  A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.undefined
 * 1)  A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.undefined

Usage notes
In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is often used to describe a woman's close female friend, the term is not used in reference to non-romantic relationships involving males. Separating the word into its two components avoids the romantic implication nowadays, although boy friend used to mean the same as boyfriend does now. However, British and Australian men usually refer to a male friend as a. Similarly, Americans and Canadians use the term. It is also common for American and Canadian women to differentiate non-romantic male friends from romantic ones by referring to them as being their.

Boyfriend is a relatively modern term, and often has implications of a sexual relationship outside of marriage. In the past, such relationships were actually illegal, and were often considered immoral. With the sexual revolution, however, such relationships became normal in Western countries. As a result, the term is often used today without negative implications.

An adult man in a non-marital romantic relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a or, especially if the two partners are living together. Because boyfriend and partner mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kêrel
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: خَلِيل, رَفِيق
 * Moroccan Arabic: صْحاب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: oynaş,, istəkli
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: каха́нак, хло́пец, ся́бар, пры́яцель
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 男朋友,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Elfdalian: tjärest, flaks
 * Esperanto: koramiko
 * Estonian:, poissõber, kavaler
 * Faroese: sjeikur
 * Finnish:, poikakaveri ,
 * French: mon/ton/son, , mon/ton/son ,  ,  ,  ,  , ,  ,  , ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: შეყვარებული, მეგობარი ბიჭი, მეგობარი კაცი
 * German: mein/dein/ihr/sein, Boyfriend, fester Freund
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: angutaat
 * Guaraní: kichiha
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: बॉयफ़्रेंड,,  , , पुरुष मित्र,  ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: amoratulo
 * Interlingua: nuptio
 * Irish: stócach,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , カレシ,
 * Kapampangan: tau, irug
 * Khmer: មិត្តប្រុស
 * Korean:, ,
 * Lao: ຜູ້ບ່າວ
 * Latin:, , amīculus,
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Louisiana Creole French: lamour, bo, kalin, boyfrìnn
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian:, дечко, пријател
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: बॉयफ्रेंड
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: найз банди
 * Navajo: hweʼeshkii
 * Norman: galant
 * Northern Sami: irgi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kjærast, kjæraste
 * Persian: دوست‌پسر,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Romansch: marus
 * Russian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: де̏чко, при̏јатељ
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: priateľ
 * Slovene: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśijaśel
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: nobyo
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: དགའ་རོགས
 * Turkish: erkek arkadaş,
 * Ukrainian:, , , , при́ятель
 * Urdu: بایفْرینْڈ, حبیب
 * Venetian: ,
 * Vietnamese: bạn trai,
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh: ,


 * Arabic: صَدِيق, رَفِيق, زَمِيل
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 男的朋友 ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Esperanto: amikiĉo, viramiko
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: un, un
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Kapampangan: lalaking kaluguran
 * Korean: 남사친
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Malay:, kawan lelaki
 * Marathi: मित्र
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Venetian:
 * Volapük:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) boyfriend