See also: Teenager and teen-ager

English

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Teenagers.
 
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Etymology

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From teenage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːnˌeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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teenager (plural teenagers)

  1. A person between 13 and 19 years old.
    Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.
    Marco's main target market are late teenagers.
    • 2025 January 23, Reuters, “UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for Southport girls’ murders”, in CNN[1]:
      A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain’s history.
    • 2025 January 30, Tierney Sneed, “Federal law banning handgun sales 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court rules”, in CNN[2]:
      Many of the rulings against such limits, including the 5th Circuit opinion issued Wednesday, cite the participation of older teenagers in militias around the time of the Second Amendment’s framing.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From English teenager.

Noun

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teenager c (definite singular teenageren, indefinite plural teenagere or teenagers, definite plural teenagerne)

  1. a teenager

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English teenager.

Noun

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teenager m or f by sense (plural teenagers)

  1. teenager

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English teenager.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈneiʝeɾ/ [t̪iˈnei̯.ʝeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tiˈneiʃeɾ/ [t̪iˈnei̯.ʃeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈneiʒeɾ/ [t̪iˈnei̯.ʒeɾ]

Noun

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teenager m or f by sense (plural teenagers or teenager)

  1. teenager (a person between 13 and 19 years of age)
    Synonym: adolescente

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.