teenage en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- tēnʹāj (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times.
It was a teenage girl with Cleopatraesque black hair; tight jeans and a tie dyed T-shirt cut off to show her stud-pierced navel.
2014, John Shirley, Her Hunger:Coristine is one of a team of teenage and twentysomething software engineers, apparently conscripted by Musk in his largely unchecked war against bureaucracy.
2025 February 7, Josie Ensor, “Meet Elon Musk’s ‘baby-faced assassins’ leading Doge takeover”, in The Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| teen-age | alternative | lexicographic | |
| teenaged | alternative | lexicographic | |
| teen age | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
teenagese · preteenage · teenager · teenagey · subteenage · nonteenage · teenageness · teenagedom · teenagehood
Relateds
Translations (16)
cy yn ei arddegau (of an age between 13 and 19) · ru подростко́вый (of an age between 13 and 19) · es adolescente (of an age between 13 and 19) · eo adoleska (of an age between 13 and 19) · pl nastoletni (of an age between 13 and 19) · ca adolescent (of an age between 13 and 19) · el εφηβικός (of an age between 13 and 19) · sv tonårig (of an age between 13 and 19) · nb tenårig (of an age between 13 and 19) · nb tenårings- (of an age between 13 and 19) · fr adolescent (of an age between 13 and 19) · nn tenårig (of an age between 13 and 19) · bg юношески (of an age between 13 and 19) · fi teini-ikäinen (of an age between 13 and 19) · nn tenårings- (of an age between 13 and 19) · da teenage (of an age between 13 and 19)