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teenager

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈthɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒəː]
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈthɪi̯nˌæ̝ɪ̯d͡ʒəː]
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈtinˌeɪdʒɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈthɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ] ~ [ˈthɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒɹ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T IY1 N EY2 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.
  • Marco's main target market are late teenagers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adolescent, stripling, teen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person

Narrower terms: chebab, mod, pachuco, punk rocker, punk, rocker, young buck, young man

History

Etymology

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 teenager From teenage + -er.

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tiener — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Albanian: ri — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Arabic: مُرَاهِق (murāhiq) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Armenian: պատանի (patani) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Armenian: թինեյջեր (tʻineyǰer) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Bashkir: үҫмер (üśmer) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Belarusian: падле́так (padljétak) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Belarusian: тынэ́йджэр (tynéjdžer) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Bulgarian: тийне́йджър (tijnéjdžǎr) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Catalan: adolescent — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年 (shàonián) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青少年 (qīngshàonián) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Cornish: degowek — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Cornish: degowoges — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Crimean Tatar: ösmür — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Czech: výrostek — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Czech: náctiletý — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Czech: puberťák — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Czech: dospívající — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Czech: teenager — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Danish: teenager — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Danish: teenagere — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Dutch: tiener — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Dutch: adolescent — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Dutch: puber — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: dekadjarulo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: dekkelkjarulo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: plenkreskiĝulo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: plenkreskiĝulino — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: adoleskulo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: adoleskanto — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Esperanto: junulo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Estonian: teismeline — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Estonian: noor — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Faroese: tannáringur — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Finnish: teini-ikäinen — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • French: adolescent — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • French: adolescente — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • French: ado — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: zagalón — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: galeote — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: adolescente — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: rapaz — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: rapazolo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: mozo — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: rapazola — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: rapariga — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: rapaza — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Galician: moza — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Georgian: მოზარდი (mozardi) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Georgian: თინეიჯერი (tineiǯeri) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • German: Jugendlicher — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • German: Jugendliche — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Greek: έφηβος (éfivos) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Greek: έφηβη (éfivi) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Greenlandic: inuusuttuaraq — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Hebrew: נַעַר (ná'ar) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Hungarian: serdülő — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Hungarian: tini — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Hungarian: tinédzser — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Hungarian: tizenéves — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Hungarian: kamasz — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Icelandic: táningur — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Icelandic: unglingur — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Indonesian: remaja — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Irish: déagóir — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Irish: déagóirí — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Italian: giovane — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Italian: adolescente — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Italian: ragazzino — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Italian: ragazzina — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Japanese: ティーネージャー (tīnējā) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Japanese: ティーンエイジャー (tīn'eijā) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Japanese: 少年 (shōnen) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Japanese: 十代 (jūdai) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Korean: 틴에이저 (tineijeo) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Korean: 십대 (sipdae) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Korean: 10대 (sipdae) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Lao: ໄວຫນຸ່ມ (wai num) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latin: iuvenis — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latin: iuventus — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latin: iuventa — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latvian: pusaudzis — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latvian: pusaudze — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latvian: tīnis — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Latvian: tīne — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Macedonian: тинејџер (tinejdžer) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Macedonian: тинејџерка (tinejdžerka) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Malay: remaja — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Māori: taitamariki — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Marshallese: boea — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tenåring — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tenåring — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Persian: نُوْجَوان (nowjavân) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Polish: nastolatek — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Polish: nastolatka — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Portuguese: adolescente — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Romagnol: adulescént — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Romanian: adolescent — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Romanian: adolescentă — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Russian: подро́сток (podróstok) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Russian: тине́йджер (tinéjdžer) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѝнејџер — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìnejdžer — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Slovak: tínedžer — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Slovene: najstnik — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Sotho: motjha — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Spanish: adolescente — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Spanish: adolescentes — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Spanish: puberto m pubertos — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Spanish: puberta — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Spanish: pubertas — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Swahili: kijana — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Swedish: tonåring — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Tagalog: lalabintaunin — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Thai: วัยรุ่น (wai-rûn) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Turkish: genç — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغلان (oğlan) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاب (şab) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Ukrainian: підлі́ток (pidlítok) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Ukrainian: тіне́йджер (tinéjdžer) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Vietnamese: thiếu niên — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Welsh: plentyn yn ei arddegau — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Welsh: person yn ei arddegau — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Welsh: person ifanc yn ei arddegau — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Welsh: arddegyn — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • West Frisian: teener — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Yiddish: צענערלינג (tsenerling) — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
  • Zazaki: genc — person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Real reading context

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