teenage
See also: teen-age
English
WOTD – 31 March 2016
Etymology 1
From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”). First attested circa 1700.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹĭj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: teen‧age
Synonyms
- teenet
References
- “ˈteenage n.¹” defined as a derived term of “teen, v.²”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹāj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: teen‧age
Adjective
teenage (not comparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
of an age between 13 and 19
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