Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teenager

/ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: teen-ag-er
IPA: /ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).

Example Sentences

"Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood."
"Marco's main target market are late teenagers."
"A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain’s history."
"Many of the rulings against such limits, including the 5th Circuit opinion issued Wednesday, cite the participation of older teenagers in militias around the time of the Second Amendment’s framing."

Etymology

Etymology tree English teenage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teenager From teenage + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/
British English: /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/

Inflected Forms

teenagers (plural) teen-ager (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

preteenager screenager teenagerdom teenagerese teenagerhood teenagerish teenageritis teenagerly teenagership teenagery teenaper threenager

Frequently Paired Words

pubescent centenarian eightysomething fiftysomething fortysomething hundredsomething ninetysomething nonagenarian

Synonyms

more synonyms at Thesaurus:teenager adolescent teen teenager young adult youth stripling

Questions

How do you pronounce teenager?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/.
What does teenager mean?: A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
Where does teenager come from?: Etymology tree English teenage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teenager From teenage + -er.

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