junior

See also Junior, and júnior

English

Alternative forms

• juniour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːniə(r)

Adjective

junior (comparative more junior, superlative most junior)

1. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
   • 1939 P. G. Wodehouse, "Uncle Fred in the Springtime":

     The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.

2. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
3. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Our first studies and junior endeavours.

Translations

younger

• Belarusian: малодшы (be) (malódšy) 
• Czech: mladší (cs)
• French: junior (fr), jeune (fr)
• German: jünger (de)
• Hungarian ifjabb (hu)
• Japanese: 年下の (ja) (とししたの, toshishita no)

• Polish: młodszy (pl)
• Russian: младший (ru) (mládšij) 
• Slovak: mladší (sk)
• Slovene: mlajši (sl)
• Ukrainian: молодший (uk) (molódšyj) 

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to junior

juvenile rejuvenate

young youth

Noun

junior (plural juniors)

1. A younger person.

   four years his junior

2. A third-year student at a high school or university.
3. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation: Jr.

Antonyms

• senior

Translations

someone younger than someone else

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晚輩 (cmn), 晚辈 (cmn) (wǎnbèi), 後輩 (cmn), 后辈 (cmn) (hòubèi)

• Finnish: nuorempi (fi)

• Japanese: 後輩 (ja) (こうはい, kōhai), 年下 (ja) (としした, toshishita)
• Korean: 후배 (ko) (hubae) (後輩 (ko))
• Russian: младший (ru) (mládšij) m 

External links

• junior at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Adjective

junior (comparative of juvenis)

1. Alternative form of iunior.

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	junior	junius		juniōrēs	juniōra
genitive	juniōris	juniōris		juniōrum	juniōrum
dative	juniōrī	juniōrī		juniōribus	juniōribus
accusative	juniōrem	junius		juniōrēs	juniōra
ablative	juniōre	juniōre		juniōribus	juniōribus
vocative	junior	junius		juniōrēs	juniōra