See also: puéril

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin puerīlis (childish).

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pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural puerils)

  1. puerile, childish

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin puerīlis.

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  • IPA(key): [pu̯eˈʁiːl]
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pueril (strong nominative masculine singular pueriler, comparative pueriler, superlative am puerilsten)

  1. puerile

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Further reading

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  • pueril” in Duden online
  • pueril” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

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Adjective

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pueril (comparative plus pueril, superlative le plus pueril)

  1. puerile

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin puerīlis (childish), from puer.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: pu‧e‧ril

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pueril m or f (plural pueris)

  1. (relational) child, childhood
  2. childish, puerile
  3. futile, trivial
  4. ingenuous

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French puéril.

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pueril m or n (feminine singular puerilă, masculine plural puerili, feminine and neuter plural puerile)

  1. childish

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin puerīlis (childish), from puer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pweˈɾil/ [pweˈɾil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pue‧ril

Adjective

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pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural pueriles)

  1. (relational) children, childhood
  2. childish, puerile
  3. futile, trivial
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Swedish

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Adjective

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pueril (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory) puerile (childish)

Declension

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Inflection of pueril
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pueril
Neuter singular puerilt
Plural puerila
Masculine plural3 puerile
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 puerile
All puerila
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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