English Online Dictionary. What means teenage? What does teenage mean?
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)
- 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)
- (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.