little boy (plural little boys)
- A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
1986 February 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):Calvin: I'd like to get a Valentine bouquet for a girl I know.
Cashier: What a sweet little boy you are! Come see what we have.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.
- (derogatory) A male perceived to be weaker than or subservient to another; or a boy who is too young for their job.
a diminutive male child
- Belarusian: хло́пчык m (xlópčyk), хлапчаня́ n (xlapčanjá), хлапчанё n (xlapčanjó), хлапчу́к m (xlapčúk) (colloquial)
- Breton: paotr (br) m
- Bulgarian: момче́нце (bg) n (momčénce)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小男孩 (xiǎonánhái)
- Czech: chlapeček m
- Esperanto: knabeto
- Finnish: pikkupoika (fi)
- French: garçonnet (fr) m, petit (fr) m, gamin (fr) m
- German: Knäbchen n, Knäblein (de) n, Bürschchen (de) n, Bübchen (de) n, Bengelchen (de) n
- Greek: αγοράκι (el) n (agoráki)
- Hungarian: kisfiú (hu)
- Ingrian: poissikkain, poikain
- Irish: buachaill (ga) m
- Italian: bambino (it) m
- Japanese: 男の子 (ja) (おとこのこ, otoko no ko), 男児 (ja) (だんじ, danji)
- Khmer: ក្មេងប្រុស (kmeeng proh)
- Korean: 남자아이 (ko) (namjaai), 남자애 (namjaae)
- Macedonian: момченце (momčence)
- Old English: cnafa m, cniht m
- Polish: chłopczyk (pl) m, chłopaczek (pl) m
- Portuguese: rapaz (pt) m
- Romani: ćhavorro m (Romani), raklorro m (non-Romani)
- Romanian: băiețel (ro) m
- Russian: ма́льчик (ru) m (málʹčik), мальчи́шка (ru) m (malʹčíška), мальчуга́н (ru) m (malʹčugán) (colloquial)
- Scottish Gaelic: balachan (gd) m
- Slovak: chlapček m
- Spanish: niño (es) m, chamaquito (es) m (Mexico, Central America), chiquito (es) m, chiquitin m
- Swedish: småpojke (sv) c, gosse (sv) c
- Ukrainian: хло́пчик (xlópčyk), хлопча́к m (xlopčák), хлопчи́сько n (xlopčýsʹko), хлопі́йко n (xlopíjko)
- Welsh: bachgennyn m, bachgenyn m
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