jeunesse
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jeune + -esse; found in Old French as juenesce. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *juvenitia. Compare Italian giovinezza.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʒœ.nɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
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Noun
[edit]jeunesse f (plural jeunesses)
- youth
- Coordinate term: vieillesse
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jeunesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- French terms suffixed with -esse (quality)
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ɛs
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Age