Teenage - 5 dictionary results
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Language Translation for : Teenage
| Spanish: | adolescente, | German: | jugendlich, | Japanese: | 10代の |
teen·age
 (tēn'āj') Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, relating to, or applicable to those aged 13 through 19. |
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teenage
1921, formed from -teen as a separate word + age; derived noun teenager is from 1941 (the earlier word for this was teener, attested in Anmer.Eng. from 1894). Teen-aged (adj.) is from 1952; shortened form teen is from 1951 (though this had been used as a noun to mean "teen-aged person" in 1818). Teeny-bopper is recorded from 1966, from teen but also felt as infl. by teeny. For second element, see bop.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| teenage | |
adjective | |
| being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" [syn: adolescent] |
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Teenage
Teen"age\, n. The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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