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young
English
Etymology
From Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ?eong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yuh?n??ós, from *h?yuh?en- (“young”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: y?ng, IPA(key): /j??/
- Rhymes: -??
Adjective
young (comparative younger, superlative youngest)
- In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 23,[1]
- […] while the Fears of the People were young, they were encreas’d strangely by several odd Accidents […]
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 23,[1]
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
- 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462:
- And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young,
- Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.
- 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462:
- Junior (of two related people with the same name).
- 1841, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
- The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right.
- 1841, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
- (of a decade of life) Early.
- 1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,[2]
- […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot.
- 1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, Part One, Chapter 1,
- Ephraim would be in his young thirties.
- 2008, Alice Fisher, “Grown-up chic is back as high street goes upmarket,” The Guardian, 20 January, 2008,[3]
- […] while this may appeal to older, better-off shoppers, vast numbers, especially those in their teens and young twenties, still want fast, cheap fashion.
- 1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,[2]
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act I, Scene 1,[4]
- Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act I, Scene 1,[4]
Synonyms
- (born not long ago): youthful, junior; see also Thesaurus:young
- (having qualities of a young person): youthful, juvenile
- (of or belonging to the early part of life): juvenile
- (inexperienced): underdeveloped, undeveloped, immature
Antonyms
- (born not long ago): old, aged, grown up, senior, youthless, elderly
- (having qualities of a young person): aged, old, youthless, mature, elderly
- (of or belonging to the early part of life): senior, mature, elderly
- (inexperienced): mature, experienced, veteran
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
young (usually uncountable, plural young)
- People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
- The young of today are well-educated.
(Should we delete(+) this sense?)
- Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
- (rare, possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
- 2010, Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide, page 21:
- There is a logic in this behavior: a mother will not come into breeding condition again unless her young is ready to be weaned or has died, so killing a baby may hasten […]
- 2010, Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide, page 21:
Translations
Related terms
- youth
Verb
young (third-person singular simple present youngs, present participle younging, simple past and past participle younged)
- (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
- (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger.
- (geology) To exhibit younging.
Middle English
Adjective
young
- Alternative form of yong
young From the web:
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clan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæn/
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
clan (plural clans)
- (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- Coordinate term: lineage
- Hyponym: descent group
- A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
- Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
- 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
- As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.
- 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
- (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
- A badger colony.
Derived terms
- clannish
- matriclan
- patriclan
Descendants
- ? Catalan: clan
- ? Dutch: clan
- ? French: clan
- ? Galician: clan
- ? German: Clan
- ? Italian: clan
- ? Portuguese: clan, clã
- ? Spanish: clan
Translations
Anagrams
- Lanc, NLCA, NaCl
Catalan
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- clan
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /kl?n/
- Hyphenation: clan
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)
- clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general
- (gaming) a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan
Descendants
- Afrikaans: clan
- ? Indonesian: klan
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, Scottish Gaelic clann, ultimately from Latin planta, and therefore a doublet of plante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl??/
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- clan
Further reading
- “clan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- clan
Synonyms
- (clan): tribo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan.
Noun
clan m (invariable)
- clan
- team
- gang
Portuguese
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- Alternative spelling of clã
Romanian
Etymology
From French clan.
Noun
clan n (plural clanuri)
- clan
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan. Doublet of planta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klan/, [?klãn]
Noun
clan m (plural clanes)
- clan
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