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

References

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

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]
    • (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

References

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

Synonyms

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

See also

Further reading

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

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