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noun, masculine/feminine

teenager

/tiˈneiʝeɾ/

noun, masculine/feminine/tiˈneiʝeɾ/plural: teenagers

teenager (a person between 13 and 19 years of age)

Synonyms: adolescente

Etymology tree English teenage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teenagerubor. Spanish teenager Unadapted borrowing from English teenager.