Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teenage

/ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: teen-age
IPA: /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

noun

Brushwood for fences and hedges.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times."
"It was a teenage girl with Cleopatraesque black hair; tight jeans and a tie dyed T-shirt cut off to show her stud-pierced navel."
"Coristine is one of a team of teenage and twentysomething software engineers, apparently conscripted by Musk in his largely unchecked war against bureaucracy."

Etymology

From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: age

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

teen-age (alternative) teen age (alternative) teenaged (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonteenage preteenage subteenage teenagedom teenagehood teenageness teenager teenagese teenagey

Frequently Paired Words

teens

Synonyms

teenet adolescent teen teenaged

Questions

How do you pronounce teenage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/.
What does teenage mean?: Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Where does teenage come from?: From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.

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