young

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: yŭng
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• Northern-England: /jʊŋɡ/
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• Northern-England: /jʊŋ/
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• South-Asia: /jəŋɡ/
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• South-Asia: [jɐŋɡ]
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• rhymes with -ʌŋ
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• /jʌŋ/
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Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h2yuHn̥ḱós, from *h2yuh1en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

* As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon. * As a Chinese surname, from the following: ** Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng4). Doublet of Yeung. ** Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh. ** Mandarin 楊 /杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.

338 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ақуҧш (akupŝ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Afrikaans: jonk — in the early part of life or growth
• Ainu: ペウレ (pewre) — in the early part of life or growth
• Albanian: rini — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr) — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: حَدَث (ḥadaṯ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: شَابّ (šābb) — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: صَغِير اَلسِّنّ (ṣaḡīr as-sinn) — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: شب (šabb) — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: صغير (ṣoġayyar) — in the early part of life or growth
• Arabic: زغير (zḡīr) — in the early part of life or growth
• Aragonese: choven — in the early part of life or growth
• Armenian: երիտասարդ (eritasard) — in the early part of life or growth
• Aromanian: tinir — in the early part of life or growth
• Assamese: ডেকা (deka) — in the early part of life or growth
• Asturian: xoven — in the early part of life or growth
• Avar: гӏолохъанаб (ʻoloqxanab) — in the early part of life or growth
• Azerbaijani: gənc — in the early part of life or growth
• Azerbaijani: cavan — in the early part of life or growth
• Balinese: muda — in the early part of life or growth
• Balinese: nguda — in the early part of life or growth
• Baluchi: جوان (jawán) — in the early part of life or growth
• Bashkir: йәш (yəş) — in the early part of life or growth
• Basque: gazte — in the early part of life or growth
• Belarusian: малады́ (maladý) — in the early part of life or growth
• Belarusian: ю́ны (júny) — in the early part of life or growth
• Bengali: যুবক (jubok) — in the early part of life or growth
• Bengali: যুবতী (juboti) — in the early part of life or growth
• Bengali: তরুণ (torun) — in the early part of life or growth
• Bengali: জোয়ান (jōẇan) — in the early part of life or growth
• Breton: yaouank — in the early part of life or growth
• Buginese: lolo — in the early part of life or growth
• Bulgarian: млад (mlad) — in the early part of life or growth
• Burmese: ငယ် (ngai) — in the early part of life or growth
• Carpathian Rusyn: молоды́й (molodŷ́j) — in the early part of life or growth
• Catalan: jove — in the early part of life or growth
• Chamicuro: shac̈hullo — in the early part of life or growth
• Chechen: къона (qʼona) — in the early part of life or growth
• Chechen: жима (žima) — in the early part of life or growth
• Chinese Cantonese: 年輕 /年轻 (nin4 heng1, nin4 hing1) — in the early part of life or growth
• Chinese: нянчин (nianqin) — in the early part of life or growth
• Eastern Min Chinese: 年輕 /年轻 (nièng-kĭng) — in the early part of life or growth
• Hakka Chinese: 年輕 /年轻 (ngièn-khiâng / ngiàn-khiâng) — in the early part of life or growth
• Chinese: 年輕 /年轻 (nî-khin / liân-kheng) — in the early part of life or growth
• Chinese Mandarin: 年輕 /年轻 (niánqīng) — in the early part of life or growth
• Wu Chinese: 年輕 /年轻 — in the early part of life or growth
• Chuvash: ҫамрӑк (śamrăk) — in the early part of life or growth
• Cornish: yowynk — in the early part of life or growth
• Crimean Tatar: yaş — in the early part of life or growth
• Crimean Tatar: genç — in the early part of life or growth
• Czech: mladý — in the early part of life or growth
• Dalmatian: jaun — in the early part of life or growth
• Danish: ung — in the early part of life or growth
• Dutch: jong — in the early part of life or growth
• Dutch: jeugdig — in the early part of life or growth
• Erzya: од (od) — in the early part of life or growth
• Esperanto: juna — in the early part of life or growth
• Estonian: noor — in the early part of life or growth
• Evenki: илмакта (ilmakta) — in the early part of life or growth
• Faroese: ungur — in the early part of life or growth
• Finnish: nuori — in the early part of life or growth
• French: jeune — in the early part of life or growth
• Old French: jovene — in the early part of life or growth
• Old French: juene — in the early part of life or growth
• West-Frisian: jong — in the early part of life or growth
• Friulian: zovin — in the early part of life or growth
• Friulian: ğovin — in the early part of life or growth
• Galician: xove — in the early part of life or growth
• Georgian: ახალგაზრდა (axalgazrda) — in the early part of life or growth
• German: jung — in the early part of life or growth
• German: jugendlich — in the early part of life or growth
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs) — in the early part of life or growth
• Greek: νεαρός (nearós) — in the early part of life or growth
• Greek: άπλερος (ápleros) — in the early part of life or growth
• Ancient Greek: νέος (néos) — in the early part of life or growth
• Gujarati: યુવાન (yuvān) — in the early part of life or growth
• Haitian Creole: jèn — in the early part of life or growth
• Hawaiian: ukali — in the early part of life or growth
• Hebrew: צָעִיר (tsa'ir) — in the early part of life or growth
• Higaonon: mangohod — in the early part of life or growth
• Hindi: युवा (yuvā) — in the early part of life or growth
• Hindi: तरुण (taruṇ) — in the early part of life or growth
• White Hmong: hluas — in the early part of life or growth
• Hungarian: fiatal — in the early part of life or growth
• Hungarian: ifjú — in the early part of life or growth
• Icelandic: ungur — in the early part of life or growth
• Ido: yuna — in the early part of life or growth
• Indonesian: muda — in the early part of life or growth
• Ingrian: noori — in the early part of life or growth
• Ingush: къона (qʼona) — in the early part of life or growth
• Interlingua: juvene — in the early part of life or growth
• Irish: óg — in the early part of life or growth
• Istriot: xuvena — in the early part of life or growth
• Italian: giovane — in the early part of life or growth
• Japanese: 若い (wakai) — in the early part of life or growth
• Javanese: enom — in the early part of life or growth
• Javanese: nom — in the early part of life or growth
• Javanese: nèm — in the early part of life or growth
• Javanese: timur — in the early part of life or growth
• Old Javanese: nguḍa — in the early part of life or growth
• Old Javanese: nwam — in the early part of life or growth
• Kannada: ತರುಣ (taruṇa) — in the early part of life or growth
• Karachay-Balkar: жаш (jaş) — in the early part of life or growth
• Karakhanid: ياشْ (yāš) — in the early part of life or growth
• Kashubian: młodi — in the early part of life or growth
• Kazakh: жас (jas) — in the early part of life or growth
• Khmer: ក្មេង (kmeeng) — in the early part of life or growth
• Khmu: ຫນຶມ — in the early part of life or growth
• Korean: 어리다 (eorida) — in the early part of life or growth
• Korean: 젊다 (jeomda) — in the early part of life or growth
• Kumyk: яш (yaş) — in the early part of life or growth
• Central Kurdish: گەنج (genc) — in the early part of life or growth
• Northern Kurdish: ciwan — in the early part of life or growth
• Northern Kurdish: xort — in the early part of life or growth
• Kyrgyz: жаш (jaş) — in the early part of life or growth
• Ladino: mansevo — in the early part of life or growth
• Ladino: djoven — in the early part of life or growth
• Ladino: chiko (Monastir) — in the early part of life or growth
• Lao: ຍຸພະ (nyu pha) — in the early part of life or growth
• Latgalian: jauns — in the early part of life or growth
• Latin: iuvenis — in the early part of life or growth
• Latin: puer — in the early part of life or growth
• Latin: puella — in the early part of life or growth
• Latin: adolescens — in the early part of life or growth
• Latvian: jauns — in the early part of life or growth
• Laz: biç̌i — in the early part of life or growth
• Laz: bozo — in the early part of life or growth
• Lithuanian: jaunas — in the early part of life or growth
• Lombard: giovin — in the early part of life or growth
• Lombard: giuin — in the early part of life or growth
• Lombard: gioven — in the early part of life or growth
• Lombard: giovena — in the early part of life or growth
• Louisiana Creole: jènn — in the early part of life or growth
• Luxembourgish: jonk — in the early part of life or growth
• Macedonian: млад (mlad) — in the early part of life or growth
• Maguindanao: manguda — in the early part of life or growth
• Makasar: lolo — in the early part of life or growth
• Malay: muda — in the early part of life or growth
• Brunei Malay: muda — in the early part of life or growth
• Malayalam: ഇളയതായ (iḷayatāya) — in the early part of life or growth
• Maltese: żagħżugħ — in the early part of life or growth
• Maltese: żagħżugħa — in the early part of life or growth
• Maltese: żgħażagħ — in the early part of life or growth
• Manchu: ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ (asihan) — in the early part of life or growth
• Manx: aeg — in the early part of life or growth
• Māori: taitamariki — in the early part of life or growth
• Maranao: mangoda — in the early part of life or growth
• Maranao: moda — in the early part of life or growth
• Marathi: तरुण (taruṇ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Eastern Mari: изи (izi) — in the early part of life or growth
• Megleno-Romanian: tinir — in the early part of life or growth
• Mingrelian: ახალგაზდა (axalgazda) — in the early part of life or growth
• Mòcheno: jung — in the early part of life or growth
• Mongolian: залуу (zaluu) — in the early part of life or growth
• Nanai: наондёан (naonʒoan) — in the early part of life or growth
• Nepali: तन्नेरी (tannerī) — in the early part of life or growth
• Nepali: तरुण (taruṇ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Nepali: जवान (javān) — in the early part of life or growth
• Nganasan: нумәә (numəə) — in the early part of life or growth
• Norman: janne — in the early part of life or growth
• Norwegian: ung — in the early part of life or growth
• Occitan: jove — in the early part of life or growth
• Okinawan: 若さん (wakasan) — in the early part of life or growth
• Church Slavic: младъ (mladŭ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Church Slavic: ⰿⰾⰰⰴⱏ (mladŭ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Old East Slavic: молодъ (molodŭ) — in the early part of life or growth
• Old English: geong — in the early part of life or growth
• Old Norse: ungr — in the early part of life or growth
• Old Saxon: giung — in the early part of life or growth
• Old Saxon: jung — in the early part of life or growth
• Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰀𐰽 — in the early part of life or growth
• Ossetian: ӕрыгон (ærygon) — in the early part of life or growth
• Ossetian: ӕвзонг (ævzong) — in the early part of life or growth
• Pashto: ځوان (źwân) — in the early part of life or growth
• Pennsylvania German: jung — in the early part of life or growth
• Persian: جوان (javân) — in the early part of life or growth
• Plautdietsch: junk — in the early part of life or growth
• Polish: młody — in the early part of life or growth
• Portuguese: jovem — in the early part of life or growth
• Quechua: wamra — in the early part of life or growth
• Quechua: wayna — in the early part of life or growth
• Réunion Creole French: zèn — in the early part of life or growth
• Romani: terno — in the early part of life or growth
• Romanian: tânăr — in the early part of life or growth
• Romanian: june — in the early part of life or growth
• Romansh: giuven — in the early part of life or growth
• Russian: молодо́й (molodój) — in the early part of life or growth
• Russian: ю́ный (júnyj) — in the early part of life or growth
• Russian: младо́й (mladój) — in the early part of life or growth
• Inari-Sami: nuorâ — in the early part of life or growth
• Kildin-Sami: нӯрр (nūrr) — in the early part of life or growth
• Northern Sami: nuorra — in the early part of life or growth
• Skolt-Sami: nuõrr — in the early part of life or growth
• Sanskrit: युवन् (yúvan) — in the early part of life or growth
• Sanskrit: कनीन (kanīna) — in the early part of life or growth
• Sardinian: giòvanu — in the early part of life or growth
• Scots: yung — in the early part of life or growth
• Scottish Gaelic: òg — in the early part of life or growth
• Serbo-Croatian: мла̑д — in the early part of life or growth
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȃd — in the early part of life or growth
• Sicilian: giùvini — in the early part of life or growth
• Silesian: mody — in the early part of life or growth
• Sindhi: جوان (javānu) — in the early part of life or growth
• Sinhalese: තරුණ (taruṇa) — in the early part of life or growth
• Slovak: mladý — in the early part of life or growth
• Slovene: mlád — in the early part of life or growth
• Lower Sorbian: młody — in the early part of life or growth
• Upper Sorbian: młody — in the early part of life or growth
• Southern Altai: јаш (ǰaš) — in the early part of life or growth
• Spanish: joven — in the early part of life or growth
• Spanish: chibolo — in the early part of life or growth
• Sundanese: anom — in the early part of life or growth
• Swahili: -changa — in the early part of life or growth
• Swahili: -dogo — in the early part of life or growth
• Swedish: ung — in the early part of life or growth
• Tagalog: bata — in the early part of life or growth
• Tajik: ҷавон (javon) — in the early part of life or growth
• Talysh: cıvon — in the early part of life or growth
• Tamil: இளைய (iḷaiya) — in the early part of life or growth
• Tamil: இளம் (iḷam) — in the early part of life or growth
• Tat: cavan — in the early part of life or growth
• Tatar: яшь (yäş) — in the early part of life or growth
• Telugu: యువ (yuva) — in the early part of life or growth
• Thai: เด็ก (dèk) — in the early part of life or growth
• Thai: หนุ่ม (nùm) — in the early part of life or growth
• Thai: สาว (sǎao) — in the early part of life or growth
• Tibetan: གཞོན་ནུ (gzhon nu) — in the early part of life or growth
• Tofa: ниит (níít) — in the early part of life or growth
• Turkish: genç — in the early part of life or growth
• Ottoman Turkish: شاب (şab) — in the early part of life or growth
• Ottoman Turkish: كورپه (körpe) — in the early part of life or growth
• Turkmen: ýaş — in the early part of life or growth
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎙𐎗 (ṣġr) — in the early part of life or growth
• Ukrainian: молоди́й (molodýj) — in the early part of life or growth
• Ukrainian: ю́ний (júnyj) — in the early part of life or growth
• Urdu: جوان (javān) — in the early part of life or growth
• Uyghur: ياش (yash) — in the early part of life or growth
• Uzbek: yosh — in the early part of life or growth
• Venetan: xovane — in the early part of life or growth
• Vietnamese: trẻ — in the early part of life or growth
• Vietnamese: non — in the early part of life or growth
• Vilamovian: jong — in the early part of life or growth
• Votic: noori — in the early part of life or growth
• Welsh: ieuanc — in the early part of life or growth
• Welsh: ifanc — in the early part of life or growth
• Yiddish: יונג (yung) — in the early part of life or growth
• Zazaki: ciwan — in the early part of life or growth
• Zhuang: coz — in the early part of life or growth
• Zhuang: nomj — in the early part of life or growth
• Afrikaans: jonk — as if young
• Bashkir: йәш (yəş) — as if young
• Breton: yaouank — as if young
• Dutch: jong — as if young
• Dutch: jeugdig — as if young
• German: jung — as if young
• Interlingua: juvene — as if young
• Japanese: 若い (wakai) — as if young
• Korean: 어리다 (eorida) — as if young
• Central Kurdish: گەنج (genc) — as if young
• Pashto: ځوان (źwân) — as if young
• Persian: جوان (javân) — as if young
• Portuguese: jovem — as if young
• Russian: моложа́вый (moložávyj) — as if young
• Serbo-Croatian: мла̑д — as if young
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȃd — as if young
• Sundanese: anom — as if young
• Swedish: ung — as if young
• Thai: อ่อนวัย (ɔ̀ɔn-wai) — as if young
• Turkish: genç — as if young
• Afrikaans: jonk — belonging in the early part of life
• Bashkir: йәш (yəş) — belonging in the early part of life
• Bulgarian: младежки (mladežki) — belonging in the early part of life
• Dutch: jong — belonging in the early part of life
• German: jung — belonging in the early part of life
• Interlingua: de juventute — belonging in the early part of life
• Korean: 이르다 (ireuda) — belonging in the early part of life
• Polish: młodzieńczy — belonging in the early part of life
• Portuguese: de juventude — belonging in the early part of life
• Serbo-Croatian: мла̑д — belonging in the early part of life
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȃd — belonging in the early part of life
• Sundanese: anom — belonging in the early part of life
• Turkish: gençlik — belonging in the early part of life
• Afrikaans: jonk — having little experience
• Afrikaans: onervare — having little experience
• Bulgarian: неопитен (neopiten) — having little experience
• Dutch: jong — having little experience
• Dutch: onervaren — having little experience
• German: jung — having little experience
• German: unerfahren — having little experience
• Irish: anársa — having little experience
• Korean: 어리다 (eorida) — having little experience
• Korean: 어리석다 (eoriseokda) — having little experience
• Latvian: nepiedzīvojis — having little experience
• Pashto: ځوان (źwân) — having little experience
• Persian: بچه (bačče) — having little experience
• Serbo-Croatian: мла̑д — having little experience
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏искусан — having little experience
• Serbo-Croatian: mlȃd — having little experience
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅiskusan — having little experience
• Thai: อ่อน (ɔ̀ɔn) — having little experience
• Ottoman Turkish: كورپه (körpe) — having little experience
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܲܥܝܵܐ (zaˁyā) — offspring
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܵܥܬܵܐ (zāˁtā) — offspring
• Armenian: ձագ (jag) — offspring
• Bulgarian: малко (malko) — offspring
• Chechen: кӏорни (kʼorni) — offspring
• Dutch: jongen — offspring
• Finnish: jälkeläiset — offspring
• Finnish: poikaset — offspring
• French: petit — offspring
• German: Nachkomme — offspring
• German: Nachwuchs — offspring
• German: Brut — offspring
• German: Abkömmling — offspring
• German: Junge — offspring
• Hungarian: kölyök — offspring
• Hungarian: kicsiny (e) — offspring
• Hungarian: fióka — offspring
• Icelandic: ungviði — offspring
• Interlingua: pullo — offspring
• Italian: piccoli — offspring
• Italian: prole — offspring
• Japanese: 子供 (kodomo) — offspring
• Korean: 새끼 (saekki) — offspring
• Māori: kūao — offspring
• Polish: młode — offspring
• Portuguese: filhote — offspring
• Romanian: pui — offspring
• Russian: молодня́к (molodnják) — offspring
• Russian: молодь (molodʹ) — offspring
• Russian: детёныш (detjónyš) — offspring
• Santali: ᱜᱳᱱ (gon) — offspring
• Scottish Gaelic: àl — offspring
• Spanish: cría — offspring
• Swahili: dogo — offspring
• Swedish: unge — offspring
• Welsh: llwdn — offspring
• Woiwurrung: booboopreek — offspring