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youth
English
Etymology
From Middle English youthe, youhthe, ?outhe, ?ewethe, ?u?ethe, ?eo?uthe, from Old English ?eoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþ?, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young +? -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ju?/
- Rhymes: -u??
Noun
youth (countable and uncountable, plural youths)
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
- Synonyms: juvenility, youngness, (archaic) youngth, youthfulness
- Antonyms: age, dotage, old age, senility
- (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 49:
- I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 49:
- (countable) A young person.
- Synonyms: adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster
- Antonyms: adult, grown-up
- (countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
- Synonyms: boy, young man
- (uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.
- Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters
Derived terms
Related terms
- young
Translations
References
- youth at OneLook Dictionary Search
- youth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- youth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- youth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- youth on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
Anagrams
- Tuohy
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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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