teenage

teenage

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of teenage in English

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English

Etymology 1

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)

  1. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Derived terms
  • teenager
Related terms
  • teens
Translations

Etymology 2

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/
  • Hyphenation: teen‧age

Noun

teenage (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, chiefly Kent dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.
Synonyms
  • teenet
References
  • “teenage n.”, under John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “teen, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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