teen
1[ teen ]
adjective
noun
a teenager.
Origin of teen
1First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
Other definitions for teen (2 of 3)
teen2
[ teen ]
noun
Archaic. suffering; grief.
Obsolete. injury; harm.
Origin of teen
2before 1000; Middle English tene,Old English tēona; cognate with Old Frisian tiona,Old Saxon tiono,Old Norse tjōn
Other definitions for -teen (3 of 3)
-teen
a suffix used to form cardinal numerals from 13 to 19.
Origin of -teen
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British Dictionary definitions for teen (1 of 3)
teen1
/ (tiːn) /
adjective
informal another word for teenage
British Dictionary definitions for teen (2 of 3)
teen2
/ (tiːn) /
noun
obsolete affliction or woe
Origin of teen
2Old English tēona; related to Old Saxon tiono, Old Frisian tiona injury
British Dictionary definitions for -teen (3 of 3)
-teen
n combining form
ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19
Origin of -teen
3Old English -tēne, -tӯne
Derived forms of -teen
- -teenth, adj combining form
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