Complete Definition of "youth"

wikipedia|Youth (disambiguation)
English

rank|somewhat|figure|goes|721|youth|sudden|usual|entirely

Etymology
OE. geoguþ|ġeoguþ, from West Germanic *juwunþ-, from a Germanic base corresponding to young + -th. Cognate with Dutch jeugd, German Jugend.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ju:θ/
audio|en-us-youth.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�θ|-u�θ

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|s|-

  1. uncountable The quality or state of being young.
  2. uncountable The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.
  3. countable A young person; especially, a young man.
  4. uncountable (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.

Synonyms
(quality or state of being young): juvenility, youthfulness
(young person): adolescent, kid, teen, teenager, youngster
(young man): boy, young man
(young persons, collectively): adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Antonyms
(quality or state of being young): age, dotage, old age, senility

Translations

trans-top|quality or state of being young
Bulgarian: младо�� (mladost) f
Czech: mládí n
Finnish: nuoruus
French: jeunesse f
German: Jugend f
Hungarian: fiatalság
Italian: gioventù f
Japanese: ����, ������ (wakawakashisa); ���, ����� (mijukusa)
trans-mid
Persian: FAchar|ج�ا� (javân)
Polish: m�odo�� f
Portuguese: juventude f
Scottish Gaelic: òige f
Slovene: mladost f
Spanish: juventud
Swedish: ungdom c
Telugu: యవ�వన� (yavvanaM)
trans-bottom

trans-top|part of life following childhood
Bulgarian: младо�� (mladost) f, младини (mladini) p
Czech: mládí n
Finnish: nuoruus, nuoruusikä
German: Jugend f
Hungarian: serdöl�kor
Japanese: ���代, ��������� (seishun jidai)
trans-mid
Polish: m�odo�� f
Portuguese: infância f
Scottish Gaelic: òige f, òigeachd f
Slovene: mladost f
Swedish: ungdom c
Telugu: యవ�వన� (yavvanaM)
trans-bottom

trans-top|young person
Finnish: nuori
French: jeune m|f
German: Jugendlicher m, Jugendliche f
Italian: giovane m
Japanese: ��, ���� (wakamono); ��年, ������� (seish�nen)
trans-mid
Hungarian: fiatal
Portuguese: jovem n
Scottish Gaelic: òganach m
Swedish: ungdom c
Telugu: య�వ��డ� (yuvakuDu) m, య�వతి (yuvati) m
trans-bottom

trans-top|young man
Arabic: ARchar|شاب (sháb)
Czech: mladík m
Bulgarian: младеж (mladež) m
Finnish: nuorukainen, nuorimies
French: jeune m, jeune homme m
German: Heranwachsender m
Hungarian: fiatalember, fiatalúr, legény
trans-mid
Italian: giovane m, giovanotto m, ragazzo m
Japanese: ��人, ����� (wakai hito); ��, ���� (wakamono)
Portuguese: rapaz m
Scottish Gaelic: gille m, òigear m, ògan m, fiùran m, lasgaire m,
Swedish: yngling c, ung man c
Telugu: ��ర�రవాడ� (kurravaaDu)
trans-bottom

trans-top|young persons, collectively
Bulgarian: младеж (mladež) f
Czech: mládež f
Finnish: nuoriso, nuoret p
French: jeunesse f, les jeunes m pl
German: Jugend f
Hungarian: fiatalok
trans-mid
Italian: gioventù f, i giovane|giovani m pl
Japanese: ��人��, ������� (wakai hitotachi)
Polish: m�odzież f
Portuguese: jovens n
Slovene: mladi m pl
Swedish: ungdom c
trans-bottom

Category:Age

ang:youth
zh-min-nan:youth
fa:youth
fr:youth
hy:youth
io:youth
it:youth
kk:youth
la:youth
hu:youth
ja:youth
pl:youth
ru:youth
fi:youth
ta:youth
te:youth
vi:youth
tr:youth
zh:youth

Revision and Credits for"youth"
  • 2007-12-05 12:33 - 153.1.13.169 - Undo revision 3391392 by [[Special:Contributions/153.1.13.169|153.1.13.169]] ([[User talk:153.1.13.169|Talk]]): it's in the lower box already...

  • Full Revision History
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.