How do you say “boy” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say chat, drole, enfant, garçoun, mancip, mendi. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | chat, drole, enfant, garçoun, mancip, mendi, pichot, pitouet |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
chat
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | boy; adolescent; lad; young girl, girl |
| Feminine | chato |
| Variants | chato |
drole
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | male child boy little boy, funny (strange); funny (amusing), kid; adolescent; comical; guy; boy |
| Feminine | -olo |
enfant
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | child, son, boy; infante |
| Feminine | enfanto |
| Variants | enfanto |
garçoun
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | boy |
mancip
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | boy |
mendi
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | shepherd's helper, novice; boy |
| Feminine | -igo |
pichot
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | boy, little one; kid; small |
| Feminine | pichoto |
| Variants | pichoto |
pitouet
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | boy |