youthful

youthful

English

Etymology

From youth +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːθfəl/

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• Rhymes: -uːθfəl
• Hyphenation: youth‧ful

Adjective

youthful (comparative more youthful, superlative most youthful)

1. Young or seeming young.

   a youthful butler

   Synonyms: lively, sprightly, spry, young; see also Thesaurus:young, Thesaurus:active

   • 2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Southgate is presiding over a talented, youthful squad and there is enough attacking weaponry to test the best in the Euros

2. Characteristic of young people.

   youthful vivacity

Derived terms

• unyouthful
• youthfulize
• youthfully
• youthfulness
• youthful river

 

Translations

young or seeming young

Armenian: երիտասարդ (hy) (eritasard) Catalan: juvenil (ca), jovenívol Chinese: Mandarin: 青春的 (zh) (qīngchūn de), 年輕 (zh), 年轻 (zh) (niánqīng) Danish: ungdommelig Finnish: nuorekas (fi), nuorehko French: juvénile (fr), jeune (fr) Galician: xuvenil (gl) Georgian: ახალგაზრდა (axalgazrda), ახალგაზრდული (axalgazrduli), ჭაბუკური (č̣abuḳuri) German: jugendlich (de), jung (de) Greek: Ancient: ἡβητής m (hēbētḗs), ἡβᾱτάς m (hēbātás) (Doric), ἁβᾱτάς (habātás) (Doric) Irish: anaosta Italian: giovanile (it) Japanese: 若々しい (ja) (わかわかしい, wakawakashii) Latin: iuvenis (la), prīmaevus Maori: taiohi Middle English: yongly Norwegian: Bokmål: ungdommelig Nynorsk: ungdomleg, ungdommeleg Portuguese: juvenil (pt), jovem (pt) Russian: ю́ношеский (ru) (júnošeskij), моложа́вый (ru) (moložávyj), молодо́й (ru) (molodój) Sanskrit: अर्भग (sa) (arbhaga) Scottish Gaelic: ògail Spanish: juvenil (es), joven (es) Swedish: ungdomlig (sv), ung (sv) Yiddish: יוגנטלעך‎ (yugntlekh)

characteristic of young people

Bulgarian: младежки (bg) (mladežki) Czech: mladický (cs) Galician: xuvenil (gl) Maori: taiohi Portuguese: juvenil (pt) Russian: ю́ношеский (ru) (júnošeskij), молодёжный (ru) (molodjóžnyj) Scottish Gaelic: ògail Spanish: juvenil (es) Yiddish: יוגנטלעך‎ (yugntlekh)