Translation
boyfriend
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Word origin
A compound of petit ('little') and ami ('friend'), from Latin amicus ('friend'). The sense of 'boyfriend' is a familiar modern usage.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- petit + ami
Grammar
Examples
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She introduced her boyfriend to her parents.
Lyon.
My boyfriend works in a bank in Lyon.
?
Is your boyfriend coming to the party tonight?
, .
They have been together for two years, but she never talks about her boyfriend.
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Her former boyfriend now lives abroad.
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