teenage
See also: teen-age
English
WOTD – 31 March 2016
Etymology 1
From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”). First attested circa 1700.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹĭj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: teen‧age
Noun
teenage (uncountable)
- (chiefly Kent dialectal) Brushwood for fences and hedges.
Synonyms
- teenet
References
- “ˈteenage n.¹” defined as a derived term of “teen, v.²”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Etymology 2
From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.
Alternative forms
- teen-age, teen age
- teenaged
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹāj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: teen‧age
Adjective
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.
Derived terms
- teenager
Related terms
- teens
Translations
of an age between 13 and 19
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