teenage
See also: teen-age
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹāj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: teen‧age
Adjective edit
teenage (not comparable)
- Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
- Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times.
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Related terms edit
Translations edit
of an age between 13 and 19
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Etymology 2 edit
From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”). First attested circa 1700.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹĭj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: teen‧age
Noun edit
teenage (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “teenage n.”, under John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “teen, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.