juvenil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis, derived from iuvenis (“young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒu.βəˈnil]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒu.vəˈnil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒu.veˈnil]
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

juvenil m or f (masculine and feminine plural juvenils)

1. youthful, juvenile

Related terms

• jove
• joventut

References

• “juvenil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English juvenile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuvenil/
• Rhymes: -nil, -il
• Hyphenation: ju‧vé‧nil

Noun

juvenil (Jawi spelling جوۏينيل, plural juvenil-juvenil, informal 1st possessive juvenilku, 2nd possessive juvenilmu, 3rd possessive juvenilnya)

1. juvenile.

   Synonyms: budak, budak-budak, kanak-kanak

Further reading

• “juvenil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis, derived from iuvenis (“young”). By surface analysis, joven (“young”) +‎ -il (“-ile”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.veˈniw/ [ʒu.veˈniʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.vɨˈnil/ [ʒu.vɨˈniɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.vɨˈnil/ [ʒu.vɨˈniɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.bɨˈnil/ [ʒu.βɨˈniɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.vɨˈni.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: ju‧ve‧nil

Adjective

juvenil m or f (plural juvenis)

1. juvenile (for young people)
2. juvenile; youthful (characteristic of young people)
3. juvenile; childish; immature in behaviour

   Synonym: infantil

Noun

juvenil m (plural juvenis)

1. (sports) a competition for players aged 16 and 17

Related terms

• jovem
• juventude

References

• “juvenil” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “juvenil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French juvénile and Latin iuvenīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒu.veˈnil/

Adjective

juvenil m or n (feminine singular juvenilă, masculine plural juvenili, feminine and neuter plural juvenile)

1. juvenile
2. teenage

Declension

Declension of juvenil

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	juvenil		juvenilă	juvenili	juvenile
	definite	juvenilul		juvenila	juvenilii	juvenilele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	juvenil		juvenile	juvenili	juvenile
	definite	juvenilului		juvenilei	juvenilelor	juvenililor

Synonyms

• tineresc

Related terms

• june
• juvenilitate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis, derived from iuvenis (“young”).
Equivalent to joven (“young”) +‎ -il (“-ile, tending to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xubeˈnil/ [xu.β̞eˈnil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ju‧ve‧nil

Adjective

juvenil m or f (masculine and feminine plural juveniles)

1. juvenile
2. teenage
3. youthful
4. (sports) in an age group in a certain sport, generally corresponding to under-16, under-17, under-18 or under-19, but it depends on the sport

Derived terms

• albergue juvenil

 

Related terms

• joven
• jovencito
• jovenzuelo
• juventud

 

See also

• Spanish Wikipedia's article on age groups in sports

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

juvenil (not comparable)

1. juvenile (young, not fully developed)
2. juvenile (immature)

Declension

Inflection of juvenil
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	juvenil	—	—
Neuter singular	juvenilt	—	—
Plural	juvenila	—	—
Masculine plural3	juvenile	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	juvenile	—	—
All	juvenila	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• juvenil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• juvenil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• juvenil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)