Meaning

2 senses

  1. Childish; trifling; silly.

  2. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.

    мальчи́шескийmalʹčíšeskij

    хлоп'ячийxlopʺjačyj

More definitions
  • of or characteristic of a child
  • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Is this another one of your puerile jokes?

    Це ще один твій дитячий жарт? — deniko

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  2. What puerile behaviour! Grow up!

    deWas für ein kindisches Verhalten! Werde erwachsen! — Dani6187

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys:
Русский
By meaning 1
characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys:

Origin

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -i

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile.

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Forms

more puerile, most puerile
Comparativemore puerile Lesson
Superlativemost puerile Lesson

regular

Synonyms

63 synonyms
juvenileC1sillyA2childishB2baseA2foolishB1idleB2indifferentB2meagerC2meanA2minorB1miserableB1negligibleC1nondescriptC1pettyB2
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words
RelatedyouthfulB2puellapuellilepuerboyishyobbishpuerilitychild
Derivedpuerilelypuerilenesspuerilismpuerilization

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puddlepudgypueblopuffpufferfishpuffin
puerile — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto