teenager

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See also: Teenager and teen-ager

English

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Teenagers.
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From teenage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːnˌeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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teenager (plural teenagers)

  1. A person between 13 and 19 years old.
    Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.
    Marco's main target market are late teenagers.

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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From English teenager.

Noun

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teenager c (definite singular teenageren, indefinite plural teenagere or teenagers, definite plural teenagerne)

  1. a teenager

References

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English teenager.

Noun

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teenager m or f by sense (plural teenagers)

  1. teenager

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English teenager.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈneiʝeɾ/ [t̪iˈnei̯.ʝeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tiˈneiʃeɾ/ [t̪iˈnei̯.ʃeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈneiʒeɾ/ [t̪iˈnei̯.ʒeɾ]

Noun

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teenager m or f by sense (plural teenagers or teenager)

  1. teenager (a person between 13 and 19 years of age)
    Synonym: adolescente

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.