Boyfriend

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Noun

boyfriend (plural boyfriends)

1. A male partner in a non-marital romantic relationship.

In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is often used to describe a woman's close female friends, the term is rarely used in reference to non-romantic relationships. Boyfriend is a relatively modern term, and in the past has had implications of an illicit relationship (as sexual and romantic relationships outside marriage were generally frowned upon). It is now a generally accepted term and has no negative implications.

Use of boyfriend generally implies that the male is a boy or a young man. An older man in a non-marital relationship and sometimes even a young man in a long-term relationship is more often described as a significant other or partner.

Translations

• Chinese: 男朋友
• Dutch: vriend m, lief n
• French: petit ami m, copain m
•  : koramiko
• German: Freund m
• Hebrew: חבר m
• Interlingua: nuptio
• Japanese: 彼 (かれ, kare)
• Polish: chłopak m
• Portuguese: namorado m
• Spanish: novio m

See also

• fiancé
• girlfriend
• husband
• lover
• significant other