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Plural of boy

regular plural

The plural of boy is boys.

Forms of boy

Singularboy /bɔɪ/
Pluralboys /bɔɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Boys in a sentence

  • Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
  • Girls were offered baby dolls, princesses and sexy fashion figures; the boys section had superheroes, building blocks, science kits and dinosaurs.2014 January 31, Kelly Wallace, “Pink, princess-y and sexy too soon”, in CNN
  • The naughty boys decided to bunk school and visit the comic shop.From the entry bunk
  • It was weird for him to watch boys play with Barbie dolls.From the entry weird
  • The two boys argued over a disagreement about the science project.From the entry argue

Meaning of boy

  1. noun A male child.
  2. noun A young man.
  3. noun A son of any age.

Full definition of boy

Questions about the plural of boy

What is the plural of boy?
The plural of boy is boys.
Is boy countable?
Boy is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: boy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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