jeune

young; who has recently acquired a new status, who has newly become something (without being necessarily young in absolute terms)

“Il n'aime plus cette personne qu'il aimait il y a dix ans. Je crois bien : elle n'est plus la même ni lui non plus. Il était jeune et elle aussi ; elle est tout autre. Il l'aimerait peut-être encore telle qu'elle était alors.” — He no longer loves this person whom loved ten years ago. I quite believe it. She is no longer the same, nor is he. He was young and she also ; she is quite different. He would perhaps love her yet, if she were what she was then.

Inherited from Middle French jeune, from Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.

youth, a young person

“Tu murmures, vieillard ; vois ces jeunes mourir, / Vois-les marcher, vois-les courir / A des morts, il est vrai, glorieuses et belles, / Mais sûres cependant, et quelquefois cruelles.” — Old murmuring man, behold these youths who die ; / Behold them march, or rather, see them fly / To certain death, a glorions death, 'tis true, / Yet oft, alas ! too horrible to view.

Related: coup de jeune, djeun, djeune, jeune femme, jeune fille, jeune homme, jeune marié, jeune mariée, jeune premier, jeunes années

Inherited from Middle French jeune, from Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.