joven

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin iuvenem, juvenem, accusative of iuvenis (compare Catalan jove, French jeune, Galician xove, Italian giovane, Portuguese jovem, Spanish joven), from Proto-Italic *juwenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.

Pronunciation

• (eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒuɛn/, /ˈdʒuin/
• (western) IPA^(key): /ˈzuɛn/

Adjective

joven m (masculine plural jóveny, feminine singular jóvena, feminine plural jóvene)

1. young, youthful

   I mé fradeî enn jóveny. ― My brothers are young.

   Antonyms: vech, madur, ancian

Noun

joven m (masculine plural jóveny, feminine singular jóvena, feminine plural jóvene)

1. youth, young person

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Portuguese

Adjective

joven (plural jovens, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of jovem

Noun

joven m, f (plural jovens)

1. Obsolete spelling of jovem

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term from Latin iuvenem, juvenem, accusative of iuvenis (compare Catalan jove, French jeune, Galician xove, Lombard joven, Italian giovane, Portuguese jovem), from Proto-Italic *juwenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. The word only appears relatively late in Spanish literature, around the early 17th century, and before that, in Medieval and Golden Age Spanish the word mozo was always used. Furthermore, phonetically, the expected result in Spanish would be *jone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoben/, [ˈxoβẽn]
• Hyphenation: jo‧ven

Adjective

joven (plural jóvenes) (superlative jovencísimo)

1. young, youthful

   Mis tías son jóvenes. ― My aunts are young.

   Synonym: juvenil

   Antonyms: anciano, maduro, viejo

Noun

joven m or f (plural jóvenes)

1. youth, young person

   Synonyms: muchacho, muchacha

Derived terms

• jovencillo
• jovencito
• jovenzuelo

 

Related terms

• juvenil
• juventud

 

Further reading

• “joven” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.