Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From tânăr (young) + -ețe, from -eață, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *teneritia, from Latin tener. Compare Aromanian tinireatsã, Italian tenerezza, Old Sicilian tinirizza, Catalan tendresa, French tendresse, Spanish and Portuguese terneza.

Noun edit

tinerețe f (plural tinereți)

  1. youth (time of life)
    Synonym: junime

Declension edit