# tomboy
## English
### Alternative forms

* tom boy

### Etymology

From tom +‎ boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/
* Rhymes: -ɒmbɔɪ

### Noun

tomboy (plural tomboys)
* A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
    Synonyms: hoyden, ladette, romp
    Antonyms: (with regards to behaviour) girly girl, (with regards to gender) macho man, (with regards to gender and behaviour) janegirl
    His sister, his dearest and only playmate, is a tomboy at heart.
* (Philippines, colloquial) A lesbian; a butch.

#### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: tomboy
* → Cebuano: tomboy
* → Spanish: tomboy
* → Tagalog: tomboy

#### Translations
### See also

* tomgirl

### References

* Why Calling Someone A "Tomboy" Is Problematic, Sebastian Zulch, May 4, 2015, Bustle magazine.

### Further reading

* tomboy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* ↑ Jennifer Higginbotham, Mark Albert Johnston, Queering Childhood in Early Modern English Drama and Culture, Springer (2018, →ISBN), page 101
* 1 2 The Oxford English Dictionary, volume XI (1933)
* ↑ Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works (2007, OUP, →ISBN), page 1365

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: tom‧boy
* IPA: /ˈtomboj/ [ˈtom.boɪ̯]

### Noun

tómbóy
* a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
* (colloquial) a lesbian; butch
    Synonyms: tibo, papanay

#### See also

* babayinhon
* bakla
* binabayi

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: tom‧boy
* IPA: /ˈtomboj/ [ˈt̪om.boɪ̯]

### Noun

tomboy
* a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
* a lesbian; butch

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomboy.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tomboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tomˈboi/ [t̪õmˈboi̯]
* Rhymes: -oi
* Syllabification: tom‧boy

### Noun

tomboy f (plural tomboys)
* tomboy (a boyish girl or woman)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtomboj/ [ˈt̪om.boɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -omboj
* Syllabification: tom‧boy

### Noun

tomboy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜌ᜔) (colloquial)
* tomboy; boyish girl
    Synonyms: binalaki, binalalaki, marimatso, lalakinin, amasona
** 1973, Liwayway:Si Trudy, gaya ng palayaw sa kanya, ay isang tomboy. Sa kanilang lugar, walang batang lalaking nakadaig sa kanya sa ano mang uri ng sports.Trudy, like her nickname, is a tomboy. In their neighborhood, the boys cannot even beat her in any sports.
** 1968, Dionisio S. Salazar, Pitong dula:Sa suot niyang " kamisadentrong panlalaki at "pedal-pusher" na maong ay wala siyang iniwan sa isang "tomboy". (Palinga-linga silang dalawa na tila may hinahanap. Pagtapat sa may puno ng adelpa ay titigil sila.)He did not leave the undershirt and "pedal-pusher" jeans to a tomboy (They are looking to the left and right like they are finding something. They will stop when they face the oleander tree.)
* butch; lesbian
    Synonyms: tibo, lesbiyana, lesbiya, (slang) leslie, (slang) shiboli, (slang) tiboom, (slang) T-bird