juvenile

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/
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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒuvəˌnaɪl/
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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒuvən(ə)l/
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• CMU ARPABET: JH UW1 V AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: JH UW1 V AH0 N AY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h2yuh1en- (“young”), from *h2óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h2ey- (“age; life”)) + *h1én (“in”).

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: млад (mlad) — young; not fully developed
• Bulgarian: младежки (mladežki) — young; not fully developed
• Esperanto: junula — young; not fully developed
• Finnish: nuori — young; not fully developed
• French: juvénile — young; not fully developed
• Georgian: არასრულწლოვანი (arasrulc̣lovani) — young; not fully developed
• Georgian: ახალგაზრდა (axalgazrda) — young; not fully developed
• Georgian: ჭაბუკი (č̣abuḳi) — young; not fully developed
• Georgian: ყმაწვილი (q̇mac̣vili) — young; not fully developed
• German: jugendlich — young; not fully developed
• Ido: puerala — young; not fully developed
• Irish: óigeanta — young; not fully developed
• Irish: sóisearach — young; not fully developed
• Japanese: 若々しい (wakawakashī) — young; not fully developed
• Māori: pūhou — young; not fully developed
• Māori: pūhouhou — young; not fully developed
• Persian: جوان — young; not fully developed
• Persian: درخور جوانی — young; not fully developed
• Polish: młodociany — young; not fully developed
• Polish: małoletni — young; not fully developed
• Polish: młody — young; not fully developed
• Russian: малоле́тний (malolétnij) — young; not fully developed
• Russian: ю́ношеский (júnošeskij) — young; not fully developed
• Scottish Gaelic: òganta — young; not fully developed
• Ottoman Turkish: شاب (şab) — young; not fully developed
• Bulgarian: дети́нски (detínski) — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Danish: barnlig — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Finnish: lapsellinen — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Finnish: nuorten- — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• French: juvénile — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Georgian: ახალგაზრდული (axalgazrduli) — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Georgian: ყმაწვილური (q̇mac̣viluri) — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• German: jung — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• German: unreif — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• German: kindisch — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Hebrew: ילדותי (yalduti) — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Hebrew: ילדותית (yaldutit) — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Hebrew: אינפנטילי — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Ido: puerala — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Irish: óigeanta — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Irish: sóisearach — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Polish: dziecinny — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Scottish Gaelic: òganta — characteristic of youth or immaturity
• Southern Altai: јаш бала (ǰaš bala) — prepubescent child
• Southern Altai: јажы ас (ǰažï as) — prepubescent child
• Southern Altai: јажы јетпеген (ǰažï ǰetpegen) — prepubescent child
• Southern Altai: кичинек јашту (kičinek ǰaštu) — prepubescent child
• Bulgarian: дете (dete) — prepubescent child
• Finnish: lapsi — prepubescent child
• French: adolescent — prepubescent child
• Georgian: არასრულწლოვანი (arasrulc̣lovani) — prepubescent child
• Irish: ógánach — prepubescent child
• Japanese: 少年 (shōnen) — prepubescent child
• Kazakh: жасөспірім (jasöspırım) — prepubescent child
• Kumyk: яшы аз (yaşı az) — prepubescent child
• Kumyk: йылы аз (yılı az) — prepubescent child
• Kumyk: гиччи (giççi) — prepubescent child
• Kumyk: гиччи чагъындагъы (giççi çağındağı) — prepubescent child
• Telugu: బాలుడు (bāluḍu) — prepubescent child
• Bulgarian: непълнолетен (nepǎlnoleten) — person younger than the age of majority
• Finnish: alaikäinen — person younger than the age of majority
• Greek: ανήλικος (anílikos) — person younger than the age of majority
• Polish: nieletni — person younger than the age of majority
• Slovene: mladoletnik — person younger than the age of majority
• Slovene: mladoletnica — person younger than the age of majority
• Bulgarian: непълнолетен (nepǎlnoleten) — person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility
• Finnish: alaikäinen — person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility
• Georgian: არასრულწლოვანი (arasrulc̣lovani) — person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility
• Polish: młodociany — person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility
• Polish: małoletni — person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility
• Japanese: 子役 (koyaku) — actor playing a child's role
• Finnish: nuori eläin — sexually immature animal