boyhood
/ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/
boyhood noun: the state or condition of being a boy.
Noun
boyhood (countable and uncountable, plural boyhoods)
- The state or condition of being a boy.
- 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 - 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
- The childhood of a boy.
boyhood meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
boyhood in Tamil
- பிள்ளைப் பருவம், பிள்ளைப்பருவம்
boyhood in Urdu
- بالاپن
boyhood in Bengali
- boyhood, childhood
- বাল্যকাল ballokal
boyhood in Kannada
- ಹುಡುಗತನ, ಬಾಲ್ಯ, ಬಾಲ್ಯಾವಸ್ಥೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- boyhood in Sanskrit
- बाल्य
- boyhood in Assamese
- ল’ৰালি lörali
Examples of boyhood in a sentence
- My childhood and boyhood were in idyllic countryside in Singida, Tanzania near Arusha.
- I spent my boyhood climbing trees on Streatham Common, South London.
- Thorn's heart pounded in his breast, he'd finally bested his hated boyhood rival.
Forms of boyhood
| plural | boyhoods |
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Origin of boyhood
From boy + -hood.
Questions about boyhood
- What does boyhood mean?
- Boyhood means the state or condition of being a boy.
- What is boyhood in Tamil?
- Boyhood in Tamil is பிள்ளைப் பருவம், பிள்ளைப்பருவம். See Boyhood meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is boyhood?
- Boyhood is a noun.
- How do you pronounce boyhood?
- Boyhood is pronounced /ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/.
- What is the plural of boyhood?
- The plural of boyhood is boyhoods.
Words near boyhood in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boyhood (page history and authors); boyhood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boyhood (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাল্যকাল (Bengali) (page history and authors); boyhood (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बाल्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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