joven

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-.

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

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

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

1. youth, young person

joven (plural jovens, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of jovem

joven m, f (plural jovens)

1. Obsolete spelling of jovem

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[1]

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

joven (plural jóvenes) (superlative jovencísimo)

1. young, youthful

   Mis tías son jóvenes. ― My aunts are young.

   Synonym: juvenil

   Antonyms: anciano, maduro, viejo

joven m or f (plural jóvenes)

1. youth, young person

   Synonyms: muchacho, muchacha

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