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Definition of 'Juvenile'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) juvenile
of, characteristic of, or suitable for children or young people:
juvenile interests; juvenile books.

2.  juvenile
young; youthful.

3.  juvenile
immature; childish:
juvenile tantrums.

4. (n.) juvenile
a young person; youth.

5.  juvenile
a youthful male or female theatrical role.

6.  juvenile
an actor or actress who plays such parts.

7.  juvenile
a book for children.

8.  juvenile
a young bird when first fully feathered and before reaching maturity.

9.  juvenile
a two-year-old racehorse.

Etymology: (1615–25; < L juvenīlis of a youth, youthful =juven(is) young +-īlis -ile²)

Definition of 'Juvenile'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) juvenile, juvenile person
a young person, not fully developed

2. (adj) juvenile
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
"juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"

3. (adj) adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
"adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"

Definition of 'Juvenile'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Juvenile
young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance

2. (adj) Juvenile
of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports

3. (noun) Juvenile
a young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly

Translation of 'Juvenile'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: ( She will not be sent to prison; – she is still a juvenile; juvenile offenders.
Afrikaans: jongeling, jong mens, jeu	Arabic: حَدَث	Bulgarian: непълнолетен
Brazilian: menor (de idade)	Czech: nedospělý	German: jugendlich;der/die Jugend
Danish: mindreårig	Greek: νεαρός, νεανικός, ανήλικο	Spanish: juvenil
Estonian: alaealine, nooru(sli)k	Farsi: جوان؛ نوجوان	Finnish: nuori
French: jeune, mineur	Hebrew: צָעִיר	Hindi: तरुण संबंधी
Croatian: mladac, mladenački	Hungarian: fiatal(korú)	Indonesian: remaja
Icelandic: ungur	Italian: minorenne, giovane	Japanese: 少年・少女の
Korean: 젊은	Lithuanian: nepilnametis	Latvian: jauneklis; pusaudzis; jau
Malay: budak-budak	Dutch: jeugd-	Norwegian: ung(dommelig), barne-, un
Polish: młodociany	Persian: جوان؛ نوجوان	Pashto: زڼكى، زڼى، ځوان: دځوانى،
Portuguese: menor (de idade)	Romanian: juvenil	Russian: подросток
Slovak: mladistvý, neplnoletý	Slovenian: mladoleten; mladoletnik	Serbian: maloletnik
Swedish: ungdom, minderårig	Thai: เยาวชน	Turkish: genç; gençler için
Taiwanese: 青少年的	Ukrainian: юний; юнак	Urdu: کمسن، جوان
Vietnamese: vị thành niên	Chinese: 青少年的
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