teen
/tiːn/ · noun
Meaning
- Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
- A black teenager or a young black person.
- Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
- Grief; sorrow; trouble.
- Vexation; anger; hate.
- To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
- To become angry or distressed.
- To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.
Etymology / origin
Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.
- *teuną(gem-pro)→
- *teun(gmw-pro)→
- tēona(ang)→
- tene(Middle English)→
- teen (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh
Related words
Descendant words
- teini(Finnish) (der)
- tine(Yola) (cog)
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