C1noun · rare

juvenile

ju·ven·ile

juvenile · juveniles

дитина, малюк, немовля

ребёнок, дитя, младенец

Kind, Baby, kleines Kind

A prepubescent childA prepubescent child.

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UK/ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/US/ˈd͡ʒuvəˌnaɪl/

» Tom was tried as a juvenile.

Meaning

7 senses

A prepubescent child.
A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
A publication for young adult readers.
An actor playing a child's role.
A sexually immature animal.
A two-year-old racehorse.

More definitions

a young person, not fully developed

Examples

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Tom was tried as a juvenile.
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Isn't that a little juvenile?
deIst das nicht ein bisschen kindisch?
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That's so juvenile.
deDas ist so kindisch.
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Tom is a juvenile delinquent.
ruТом — малолетний преступник.
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The juvenile crimes are increasing recently.
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -ī

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h₂ey- (“age; life”)) + *h₁én (“in”).

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