juvenil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis, derived from iuvenis (“young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒu.βəˈnil]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒu.vəˈnil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒu.veˈnil]
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

juvenil m or f (masculine and feminine plural juvenils)

1. youthful, juvenile

Related terms

• jove
• joventut

References

• “juvenil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Adjective

juvenil m or f (plural juvenis, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xuvenil

Noun

juvenil m (plural juvenis, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xuvenil

Further reading

• “juvenil” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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

• “juvenil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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]

• (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

Related terms

• jovem
• juventude

References

• “juvenil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “juvenil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	juvenil		juvenilă		juvenili	juvenile
	definite	juvenilul		juvenila		juvenilii	juvenilele
genitive- dative	indefinite	juvenil		juvenile		juvenili	juvenile
	definite	juvenilului		juvenilei		juvenilelor	juvenililor

Synonyms

• tineresc

Related terms

• june
• juvenilitate

Further reading

• juvenil in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

• albergue juvenil

 

Related terms

• joven
• jovencito
• jovenzuelo
• juventud

 

See also

• Spanish Wikipedia's article on age groups in sports

Further reading

• “juvenil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

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juvenil

Wikipedia ^sv

Adjective

juvenil (not (comparable))

1. juvenile (young, not fully developed)
2. juvenile (immature)

Declension

Inflection of juvenil

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	juvenil	—	—
neuter singular	juvenilt	—	—
plural	juvenila	—	—
masculine plural2	juvenile	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	juvenile	—	—
all	juvenila	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• juvenil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• juvenil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• juvenil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)