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junior
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?u?n??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?unj?/
- Rhymes: -u?ni?(?)
- Hyphenation: ju?nior
Adjective
junior (not generally comparable, comparative more junior, superlative most junior)
- (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
- (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
- (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
Alternative forms
- juniour (obsolete)
Related terms
Translations
Noun
junior (plural juniors)
- A younger person.
- 1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle
- Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.
- 1939 P. G. Wodehouse, "Uncle Fred in the Springtime":
- The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.
- 1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle
- A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
- (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.
- (law) A junior barrister.
Antonyms
- senior
Translations
Further reading
- junior at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin junior, juniorem; Doublet of geindre. Cf. also the inherited Old French oblique case gignor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?y.nj??/
Noun
junior m or f (plural juniors)
- (sports) junior
Adjective
junior (plural juniors)
- junior (all senses)
See also
- juveigneur
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iunior (“younger”), from Latin iuvenis (“young”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?junijor]
- Hyphenation: ju?ni?or
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
junior
- (sports) junior
Declension
Synonyms
- ifjúsági
References
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin junior, i?nior, from Proto-Italic *juwenj?s, from *juwenis + *-j?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d??u?ni?r]
- Hyphenation: ju?ni?or
Adjective
junior
- young
- Synonyms: anom, belia, mentah, muda, remaja, yuvenil, yuwana
- junior.
Alternative forms
- yunior
Antonyms
- senior
Further reading
- “junior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Adjective
j?nior (neuter j?nius, positive juvenis); third declension
- Alternative form of i?nior
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
References
- junior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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immature
English
Etymology
From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unr?pe (“unripe, immature”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??tj??(?)/, /?m??t???(?)/, /?m??t??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adjective
immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)
- (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:
- And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […] .
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:
- Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
- Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
- Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
- Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
Synonyms
- (childish in behavior): infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish
Translations
Noun
immature (plural immatures)
- An immature member of a species.
Related terms
- mature
- immaturity
French
Adjective
immature (plural immatures)
- immature, unripe
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
immature
- inflection of immatur:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
immature
- feminine plural of immaturo
Anagrams
- ammutire
Latin
Adjective
imm?t?re
- vocative masculine singular of imm?t?rus
References
- immature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- immature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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