different between teenager vs tweenager

English

Alternative forms

• teen-ager

Etymology

teenage +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?n?e?.d??(?)/

Noun

teenager (plural teenagers)

1. A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an adolescent.

Descendants

• ? Danish: teenager
• ? French: teenager
• ? Japanese: ???????? (t?n?j?)
• ? Spanish: teenager

Translations

Anagrams

• generate, green tea, renegate

Danish

Etymology

From English teenager.

Noun

teenager c (definite singular teenageren, indefinite plural teenagere or teenagers, definite plural teenagerne)

1. a teenager

References

• “teenager” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From English teenager.

Noun

teenager m or f (plural teenagers)

1. teenager

Spanish

Etymology

From English teenager.

Noun

teenager m or f (plural teenagers or teenager)

1. teenager (a person between 13 and 19 years of age)

   Synonym: adolescente

English

Etymology

Blend of between +? teenager. Attested as early as the 1950s, but popularized in the late 20th or early 21st century.

Noun

tweenager (plural tweenagers)

1. A young person who is not yet technically a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one: generally eight to twelve years old.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:preteen

Related terms

• tween

References

• “tweenager” in the Collins English Dictionary
• Michael Quinnion (April 28, 2001) , “Tweenager”, in World Wide Words?^[1]