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juvenal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
ju-ve-nal
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.

noun

A juvenal bird.

noun

A youth.

Obsolete

name

A male given name from Latin.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Latin

Countable; Uncountable

name

Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal Juvenal), a Roman poet, active in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE, noted for a collection of poems called the Satires.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

juvenals (plural)

Derived Forms

postjuvenal Juvenalian

Phrases

Saint Juvenal

Frequently Paired Words

juvenile

Questions

What does juvenal mean?
Of a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
Where does juvenal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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