teen

teen ¹  (tn)

n.

1. teens

a. The numbers 13 through 19.

b. The 13th through 19th items in a series or scale, as years of a century or degrees of temperature.

2. A teenager.

adj.

Teenage.

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teen ²  (tn)

n. Archaic

Misery; grief.

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[Middle English tene, from Old English tona.]

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teen¹

adj

Informal another word for teenage

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teen²

n

Obsolete affliction or woe

[Old English tēona; related to Old Saxon tiono, Old Frisian tiona injury]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	teen - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity adolescent, stripling, teenager juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed chebab - a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis mod - a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers pachuco - a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes punk rocker, punk - a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture rocker - a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles young buck, young man - a teenager or a young adult male
Adj.	1.	teen - being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" teenage, teenaged, adolescent young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

Translations

teen [ˈtiːn]

adj (= teenage) [violence, pregnancy] → adolescent(e); [movie, drama, magazines, fashion] → pour adolescents; [idol] → des adolescents
teen years → adolescence f

n (mainly US) (= teenager) → ado mf >

teen

adj (esp US) movie, magazine → für Teenager; boy, girl → im Teenageralter; pregnancy → im Teenageralter; teen crime → Jugendkriminalität f; the teen years → die Teenagerjahre pl; teen idol → Teenie-Idol nt (inf)