junior

junior

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuniɚ/
  • Rhymes: -uːniə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ju‧nior

Adjective

junior (not generally comparable, comparative more junior, superlative most junior)

  1. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
  2. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
  3. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
  4. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
  5. (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.

Alternative forms

  • juniour (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

junior (countable and uncountable, plural juniors)

  1. (countable) A younger person.
    Antonym: senior
  2. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
  3. (uncountable) A clothing size for girls or women.
    Coordinate terms: junior miss, misses
  4. (countable, chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
  5. (countable, law) A junior barrister.

Translations

Verb

junior (third-person singular simple present juniors, present participle junioring, simple past and past participle juniored)

  1. (ambitransitive) To work in a junior role (on something).
  2. (transitive) To have juniors (more advanced students) assist in instructing (beginners).
    • 2006, Jim and Leann Rathbone, James Mitose and the Path of Kenpo
      The technique of "junioring" beginners and the first five lesson plan and private lessons were adaptations developed at that time. They are credited with the Americanization of Karate as a business as well as a martial art.

Further reading

  • “junior”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin junior.

Pronunciation

Noun

junior m (plural junioren or juniors, diminutive junioortje n)

  1. junior (younger or lower-ranked person, for example in job titles)

Coordinate terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin juniorem; Doublet of geindre. Cf. also the inherited Old French oblique case gignor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒy.njɔʁ/

Noun

junior m or f by sense (plural juniors)

  1. (sports) junior

Derived terms

  • junior majeur

Adjective

junior (plural juniors)

  1. junior (all senses)

See also

  • juveigneur

Further reading

  • “junior”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iunior (“younger”), from Latin iuvenis (“young”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjunijor]
  • Hyphenation: ju‧ni‧or
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

junior

  1. (sports) junior
    Synonym: ifjúsági

Declension

References

Further reading

  • junior in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • yunior

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin junior, iūnior.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˈniɔr/ [d͡ʒuˈni.ɔr]
  • Syllabification: ju‧ni‧or

Adjective

junior

  1. junior (having a subordinate role, job, or situation)
  2. junior (belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life)

Antonyms

  • senior

Further reading

  • “junior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Adjective

jūnior (comparative, neuter jūnius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of juvenis

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

References

  • “junior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin iūnior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈju.ɲɔr/
  • Rhymes: -uɲɔr
  • Syllabification: ju‧nior

Noun

junior m pers (female equivalent juniorka)

  1. (humorous, literary) junior (youngest member of the family by age)
    Antonyms: nestor, senior
  2. junior (athlete who is under the age recommended for a sport, usually nineteen years of age)
    Antonym: senior
    Hypernym: sportowiec

Noun

junior m pers

  1. Jr. (title used after a son's name when his father has the same name)
    Antonym: senior

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • junior in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • junior in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • junior in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French junior or Latin junior.

Adjective

junior m or n (feminine singular junioră, masculine plural juniori, feminine and neuter plural juniore)

  1. junior

Declension

Noun

junior m (plural juniori)

  1. junior

Declension

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