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teen
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?n, IPA(key): /ti?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Etymology 1
Back-formation from teenager. Clipping of teenager.
Noun
teen (plural teens)
- A teenager.
Derived terms
Adjective
teen (not comparable)
- Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
- teen fashion
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English tene, from Old English t?ona, t?one, *t?on, from Proto-Germanic *teun?.
Noun
teen (plural teens)
- (archaic) Grief; sorrow; trouble.
- Synonyms: ill-fortune, harm, suffering
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xxv:
- The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd.
- 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Faustine:
- Your soul forgot her joys, forgot / Her times of teen; / Yea, this life likewise will you not / Forget
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, A Southern Night:
- With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI:
- That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, / In bronze sublimity she gazes forth / Over her Capital of teen and threne
- (archaic or obsolete) Vexation; anger; hate.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English tenen, from Old English t?onian, t?nan (“to slander, vex”), from Proto-Germanic *tiunijan?.
Verb
teen (third-person singular simple present teens, present participle teening, simple past and past participle teened)
- (transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
- (reflexive, obsolete) To become angry or distressed.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
Etymology 4
See tine (“to shut”).
Verb
teen (third-person singular simple present teens, present participle teening, simple past and past participle teened)
- (transitive, obsolete, provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
References
- teen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- -tene, EENT, NEET, neet
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- teun (archaic)
Etymology
From Dutch tegen, from Middle Dutch tegen, tjegen, from te jegen, the latter from Old Dutch gegin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??n/
Preposition
teen
- against
Basque
Noun
teen
- genitive plural of te
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
teen c
- definite singular of te
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?te?n/
- Hyphenation: teen
- Rhymes: -e?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *t?a, from Proto-Germanic *taihw?. The modern form was originally a plural (retained in van top tot teen), which was reanalysed as a singular. Compare schoen where the same has happened, or raaf which went the opposite way.
Noun
teen m (plural tenen, diminutive teentje n)
- toe
Alternative forms
- toon (dated, dialectal)
Derived terms
- grote teen
- lange tenen
- teengewricht
- teennagel
- teenschimmel
- teensok
- van top tot teen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: toon
- ? Papiamentu: tenchi (from the diminutive)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch tene, teene, from Old Dutch *tein, *t?n, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz.
Noun
teen f or n (plural tenen, diminutive teentje n)
- twig, thin branch
- Synonym: twijg
- clove (of garlic)
- (collective) A bundle of twigs.
Alternative forms
- tien (archaic)
Derived terms
- wilgenteen
Anagrams
- eten, neet
Dyula
Alternative forms
- ten
Noun
teen
- oil palm, Elaeis guineensis
- the fruit of the palm tree
Estonian
Verb
teen
- first-person singular present indicative of tegema
Finnish
Etymology 1
Verb
teen
- first-person singular present indicative of tehdä
Etymology 2
Noun
teen
- genitive singular of tee
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
teen m
- definite singular of te
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
teen m
- definite singular of te
Spanish
Adjective
teen (plural teens)
- teen
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse tiðna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t?è?n], [t?è??], [t?è???n]
- Rhymes: -è?n
Verb
teen (preterite tenä)
- (intransitive) thaw, melt
Related terms
- tiden
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preteen
English
Alternative forms
- pre-teen
Etymology
pre- +? teen
Adjective
preteen (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or designed for, or being children between the ages of approximately 10 and 12.
Translations
Noun
preteen (plural preteens)
- A child between 10 and 12 years of age, at the onset of adolescence.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:preteen
Derived terms
- preteenhood
Translations
Anagrams
- terpene
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