youth

youth

 (yo͞oth)

n. pl. youths (yo͞oths, yo͞othz)

1.

a. The condition or quality of being young: Travel while you still have your youth.

b. The time of life between childhood and maturity: He was rebellious in his youth.

c. An early period of development or existence: a nation in its youth.

2.

a. A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.

b. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Young people considered as a group.

3. Geology The first stage in the erosion cycle.

---

[Middle English youthe, from Old English geoguth; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

youth

(juːθ)

n, pl youths (juːðz)

1. the quality or condition of being young, immature, or inexperienced: his youth told against him in the contest.

2. the period between childhood and maturity, esp adolescence and early adulthood

3. the freshness, vigour, or vitality characteristic of young people: youth shone out from her face.

4. any period of early development: the project was in its youth.

5. a young person, esp a young man or boy

6. (Sociology) young people collectively: youth everywhere is rising in revolt.

[Old English geogoth; related to Old Frisian jogethe, Old High German iugund, Gothic junda, Latin juventus]

ˈyouthless adj

---

Youth

(juːθ)

n

(Placename) Isle of Youth an island in the NW Caribbean, south of Cuba: administratively part of Cuba from 1925. Chief town: Nueva Gerona. Pop: 80 600 (2002 est). Area: 3061 sq km (1182 sq miles). Former name: Isle of Pines Spanish name: Isla de la Juventud

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

youth

(yuθ)

n., pl. youths (yuθs, yuðz)
(collectively) youth.

1. the condition of being young.

2. the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of the young.

3. the time of being young; early life.

4. the period of life from puberty to the attainment of full growth; adolescence.

5. the first or early period of anything.

6. young persons collectively.

7. a young person, esp. a young man.

[before 900; Middle English youthe, Old English geoguth, c. Old Saxon juguth, Old High German jugund; see young, -th¹]

Youth

(yuθ)
n.

Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, south of and belonging to Cuba. 68,700; 1182 sq. mi. (3061 sq. km). Formerly, Isle of Pines. Spanish, Isla de la Juventud.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Youth

 

See Also: AGE

1. As young as truth —Dante Gabriel Rossetti
2. At sixty-eight, he is as pink and fat as a baby, ingenuous as a teenager —T. Coraghessan Boyle
3. Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions —André Malraux
4. Childish, like believing in Beauty and the Beast —Janet Flanner
5. Each youth is like a child born in the night who sees the sun rise and thinks that yesterday never existed —W. Somerset Maugham
6. He is like one of those young-old engineers at Boeing, who at seventy wear bow ties and tinker in their workshops —Walker Percy
7. It is like a long hopeless homesickness … missing those young days —Grace Paley
8. Like the tongue that seeks the missing tooth I yearned for my extracted youth —Ogden Nash
9. Looked about sixteen and as defenseless as a babe at a Mafia convention —Jimmy Sangster
10. Midway between youth and age like a man who has missed his train: too late for the last and too early for the next —George Bernard Shaw
11. Seemed as perpetually youthful as movie stars —Donald Justice
12. She was just eighteen, rich and warm as one eagerly waiting for the play to begin —Arthur Schopenhauer
13. Their [young people’s] impulses are keen but not deep-rooted … like sick people’s attacks of hunger —Aristotle
14. The young leading the young is like the blind leading the blind —Lord Chesterfield
15. Youth … flashing like a star out of the twilight —Willa Cather

    The simile is from an introductory poem to Cather’s novel, O Pioneer.

16. Youthful rashness skips like a hare over the meshes of good counsel —William Shakespeare
17. Youth is like spring, an overpraised season: delightful if it happen to be a favored one, but in practice very rarely favored and more remarkable, as a general rule, for biting east winds than genial breezes —Samuel Butler
18. Youth … it did not go by me like a flitting dream. Tuesdays and Wednesdays were as gay as Saturday nights —Grace Paley
19. Youth like summer morn … youth like summer brave —William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare used these similes in his poem, The Passionate Pilgrim, to describe the pleasures of youth, alternating them with comparisons about age and the weather.

    See Also: AGE

20. (My) youth passed like a sleep —Dame Edith Sitwell

Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	youth - a young person (especially a young man or boy) spring chicken, young person, younker juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures" hobbledehoy - an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy pup, puppy - an inexperienced young person school-age child, schoolchild, pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school) slip - a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
	2.	youth - young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" young age bracket, age group, cohort - a group of people having approximately the same age
	3.	youth - the time of life between childhood and maturity time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state adolescence - the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood bloom of youth, salad days, bloom - the best time of youth
	4.	youth - early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced matureness, maturity - state of being mature; full development
	5.	youth - an early period of development; "during the youth of the project" early days period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	6.	youth - the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person youthfulness, juvenility youngness - the opposite of oldness

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

youth

noun

1. immaturity, adolescence, early life, young days, boyhood or girlhood, salad days, juvenescence the comic books of my youth
immaturity age, maturity, old age, adulthood, later life, manhood or womanhood

2. youthfulness, youngness, freshness The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth.

3. boy, lad, youngster, kid (informal), teenager, young man, adolescent, teen (informal), stripling, young shaver (informal) gangs of youths who broke windows and looted shops
boy grown-up, adult, pensioner, senior citizen, OAP

4. young people, the young, the younger generation, teenagers, the rising generation He represents the opinions of the youth of today.
young people old people, the old, the aged, the elderly

Quotations
"Youth's a stuff will not endure" [William Shakespeare]
"Twelfth Night"
"Young men have more virtue than old men; they have more generous sentiments in every respect" [Dr. Johnson]
"Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself anything, is forgiven nothing" [George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists]
"Whom the gods love dies young" [Menander Mouostichoi]
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,"
"But to be young was very heaven" [William Wordsworth The Prelude]
"Youth is a disease that must be borne with patiently! Time, indeed, will cure it" [R.H. Benson]
"I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own" [Margaret Atwood Hair Jewelry]
"Hope I die before I get old" [Pete Townshend My Generation]

Proverbs
"Youth must be served"

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

youth

noun

1. The time of life between childhood and maturity:

adolescence, greenness, juvenescence, juvenility, puberty, salad days, spring, youthfulness.

2. A young person, usually between the ages of 13 and 19:

adolescent, teen, teenager.

Informal: teener.

3. Young people collectively:

young.

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

الشَّبابجيل الشَّبابشابٌّشَباب

младежмладост

abriljoventut

mládímladíkmládež

ungdomungt menneskede unge

JugendJugendlicheJugendlicherJüngling

νεολαίανεότητανιάτα

junulo

juventudjoven

nuoruusnuoruusikänuoretnuorinuorimies

jeunessejeunejeune homme

mladostomladinamladež

fiatalokfiatalságserdülőkorfiatal

æska, ungdómurunglingarunglingur

gioventùgiovanegiovanottoragazzoadolescenza

青春時代

청소년

jaunatviškaijaunatviškasjaunatviškumasjaunuolisjaunystė

jaunatnejaunībajauniešijaunietispusaudzis

jeugd

ungdomstid

młodzieżmłodośćmłodzieniec

juventuderapazjovens

молодостьюностьмолодёжьмолодой человекюноша

mladostmladina

ungdom

วัยหนุ่มสาว

gençlikdelikanlıdelikanlılıkgençgençler

tuổi trẻ

青春十五到二十岁的青少年年轻人青少年时期

youth

[juːθ]

A. N

1. (= young age) → juventud f
in my youth → en mi juventud

2. (youths (pl)) [juːðz] (= boy) → joven m

3. (= young people) → jóvenes mpl, juventud f
the youth of today → los jóvenes or la juventud de hoy

B. CPD youth club N → club m juvenil
youth employment scheme N → plan m de empleo juvenil
youth hostel N → albergue m juvenil
youth hostelling N to go youth hostelling → pasar las vacaciones en albergues juveniles
youth worker N (Brit) (= social worker) asistente social que se encarga de adolescentes menores de 18 años; (= community worker) empleado del municipio que trabaja con grupos de jóvenes en la comunidad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

youth

[ˈjuːθ]

n

(= period) → jeunesse f
in my youth → dans ma jeunesse, quand j'étais jeune

[youths] [ˈjuːðz] (pl) (= young man) → jeune m

npl (= young people) → jeunesse f

modif [culture, training, unemployment] → des jeunes; [team, group] → de jeunes youth crimeyouth centre (British) youth center (US) n → centre m de loisirs (pour les jeunes)youth club n → centre m de loisirs (pour les jeunes)youth crime n → délinquance f juvénileyouth culture n → culture f des jeunes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

youth

n

no pl → Jugend f; in (the days of) my youth → in meiner Jugend(zeit); the town of my youth → die Stadt or Stätte (hum) → meiner Jugend; in early youth → in früher Jugend; she has kept her youth → sie ist jung geblieben

pl <-s> (= young man) → junger Mann, Jugendliche(r) m; when he was a youth → als er ein junger Mann war; pimply youth → pickliger Jüngling

youth pl (= young men and women) → Jugend f; she likes working with (the) youth → sie arbeitet gerne mit Jugendlichen; the youth of today → die Jugend von heute; the Hitler Youth Movement → die Hitlerjugend

---

youth

:

youth centre, (US) youth center

n → Jugendzentrum nt

youth club

n → Jugendklub m

youth custody

n (Brit Jur) → Jugendarrest m

Youth Employment Scheme

n (Brit) → Programm nt → or Aktionsplan m → für jugendliche Arbeitslose

---

youth

:

youth hostel®

n → Jugendherberge® f

youth hosteller, youth hosteler

n jd, der in Jugendherbergen übernachtet, → Jugendherbergsgast m

Youth Training Scheme

n (Brit) → Ausbildungsprogramm nt → für Jugendliche

youth worker

n → Jugendarbeiter(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

youth

[juːθ] n

a. → giovinezza, gioventù f
in early youth → nella prima giovinezza
in my youth → da giovane, quando ero giovane

b. (youths (pl)) [juːðz] (boy) → ragazzo, giovane m

c. pl (young people) → giovani mpl
the youth of today → i giovani di oggi

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

youth

(juːθ) – plural youths (juːðz) – noun

1. (the state of being in) the early part of life. Enjoy your youth!; He spent his youth in America. jeug جيل الشَّباب младост juventude mládí die Jugend ungdom νιότηjuventud noorus جوانی nuoruus jeunesseנעורים, צעירות, עלומים; נער, צעיר किशोरावस्था, ‍िकशोर mladost fiatalság masa muda æska, ungdómur giovinezza 青年時代 청년기 jaunystė jaunība masa muda jeugdungdomstidmłodość ځوانى، ځلميتوب، ژڼېتوب: ځلميان، ځوانان juventude tinereţe молодость; юность mladosť mladost mladost ungdom[en] วัยหนุ่มสาว gençlik, delikanlılık 青春，青少年時期 юність, молодість نوجوانی کا عالم tuổi trẻ 青春，青少年时期

2. a boy of fifteen to twenty years old approximately. He and two other youths were kicking a football about. jeugdige شابٌّ юноша jovem mladík der Jüngling ungt menneske νέος, νεαρόςjoven nooruk پسر جوان poika jeune hommeנער तरूण mladac ifjú pemuda unglingur giovane 若い男 (15~20세 사이의) 소년 jaunuolis jaunietis; pusaudzis anak muda jongemanungdommłodzieniec ځلميتوب jovem tânăr юноша mladík mladenič mladić yngling เด็กหนุ่มสาว genç, delikanlı 十五到二十歲的青少年 юнак پندرہ سے بیس سال کے درمیان کا لڑکا chàng trai trẻ 十五到二十岁的青少年

3. young people in general. Some people say that today's youth has/have no sense of responsibility. jeug الشَّباب младеж a juventude mládež die Jugend ungdom; de unge νεολαίαjuventud, los jóvenes noorsugu جوانان nuoriso jeunesse נְעַריִם, נְעַרוֹת जवान, नवयुवक mladi ljudi fiatalok orang muda unglingar gioventù 若い人たち 젊은이들 jaunimas jaunieši; jaunatne orang muda jongerenungdom, unge menneskermłodzież ځوانان a juventude tinerii; tineret молодёжь mládež mladina mladi ungdom พลังหนุ่มสาว gençler 年輕人 молодь, юнацтво نوجوان لوگ thanh niên 年轻人

ˈyouthful adjective

1. young. The boy looked very youthful. jeugdig, jonk شابٌّ младежки jovem mladistvý jugendlich ung νέος, νεανικόςjoven noor جوان nuori jeuneצעיר जवान, युवक mlad fiatalos muda ungur giovane 若い 젊은 jaunas jauns muda jeugdigungdommelig, ungmłody ژڼى، ځلمي، ځوان: دځوانۍ، دزلميتوب، نوى تاند، تكړه jovem tânăr юный mladistvý mlad mlado ungdomlig, ung หนุ่ม genç 年輕的，青春洋溢的 юний نوجوان trẻ 年轻的，有青春活力的

2. energetic, active, young-looking etc. Exercise will keep you youthful. jonk, jeugdig حَيَوي، شَبابي، نَشيط млад jovem svěží jung ung νεανικόςjoven nooruslik شاداب nuorekas jeuneצעיר जवान mladolik életerős awet muda unglegur giovane 若々しい 발랄한 jaunatviškas jauneklīgs cergas dan muda sentiasa jongungdommeligmłodzieńczy ژڼى jovem tânăr молодой mladý mladosten mladoliko ungdomlig, ung ความเป็นหนุ่มสาว genç, dinamik 朝氣蓬勃的，看起來年輕的 енергійний, жвавий نوجوانوں کی ترو تازگی اور توانائی کا حامل năng động 有朝气的，看起来年轻的

3. of youth. youthful pleasures. jeugdig خاص بجيل الشَّباب младежки juvenil mladický Jugend-... ungdommelig που ανήκει ή έχει σχέση με τη νιότη, νεανικόςjuvenil noorus- جوانی nuoruuden juvénile של נְעוּרִים, צְעִירוּת जवानी mladenački fiatalkori masa muda æsku- giovanile 若者の 청년 시절의 jaunystės jaunības-; jauniešu- orang muda jeugdigungdoms- ... młodości ځوانۍ juvenis juvenil, tine­resc юношеский mladícky mladosten iz mladih dana ungdomens, ungdoms- อ่อนวัย gençliğe özgü 青春的 юнацький نوجوانوں سے متعلق thuộc về tuổi trẻ 青春的

ˈyouthfully adverb

jeugdig مُتَعَلِّق بجيل الشَّباب младежко jovialmente mladistvě jugendlich ungdommeligt νεανικά de forma juvenil nooruslikult به روش جوانان؛ با طراوت nuorekkaasti en jeune homme/fille צעיר युवा, तरुण mladenački fiatalosan dengan bergairan eins og unglingur (come un giovane) 若々しく 청년답게 jaunatviškai jauneklīgi seperti orang muda jeugdigungdommelig młodzieńcze په ځلميتوب، په ځوانۍ com ar jovem de tânăr молодо; моложаво mladistvo mladostno mladolik ungdomligt อย่างหนุ่มสาว gençliğe yakışır bir şekilde 年輕地，朝氣蓬勃地 юно نوجوانی کے انداز میں một cách trẻ trung 年轻地，有朝气地

ˈyouthfulness noun

jeugdigheid شَبابيَّه младост jovialidade mladistvost die Jugendlichkeit ungdommelighed νεανικότητα juventud nooruslikkus جوانی؛ طراوت nuorekkuus jeunesse צֵעיִרוּת जवानी, तरुणई mladenaštvo fiatal(os)ság kemudaan æska giovinezza 若さ 청년다움 jaunatviškumas jauneklīgums kemudaan het jeugdig zijn ungdommelighetmłodzieńczość ځوانۍ ar jovem tinereţe молодость; моложавость mladistvosť mladostnost mladolikost ungdomlighet การเป็นหนุ่มสาว gençlik, tazelik 年輕，朝氣蓬勃 молодість نوجوانی sự trẻ trung 年轻，朝气

youth hostel a place for young people, especially hikers, on holiday, where cheap and simple accommodation is provided ( noun youth hosteller)

jeughostel مَسْكِن الشَّباب младежки приют albergue da juventude ubytovna pro mladé die Jugendherberge vandrehjem ξενώνας νεότηταςalbergue juvenil noortehotell هتل جوانان retkeilymaja auberge de jeunesse אַכְסַנְיִיַת נוֹעַר युवक आवास mladenački hostel ifjúsági (turista)szálló penginapan pemuda farfuglaheimili ostello della gioventù ユースホステル 유스 호스텔 turistinė jaunimo bazė jauniešu viesnīca/tūristu mītne asrama belia jeugdherberg ungdomsherbergeschronisko młodzieżowe د ځوانانو هوتل albergo da juventude youth hostel, hotel pentru tineri молодёжная база mládežnícka ubytovňa mladinski hotel hostel vandrarhem ที่พักสำหรับเยาวชนที่ราคาไม่แพง gençlik yurdu 青年旅館 молодіжний готель نوجوانوں کے رہنے کا مقام جہاں وہ تعلیم حاصل کرتے وقت گھر سے الگ رہتے ہیں nhà trọ thanh niên 青年招待所

youth mentor noun

someone who gives guidance and is like a big sister/brother to a young person who has social problems or is retarded. jeugmentor مُرْشِد، ناصِح младежки възпитател acompanhante rádce/pomocník mladého člověka se sociálními problémy či postižením der Mentor, der Tutor støttepædagog πρόσωπο που καθοδηγεί νεαρό άτομο με κοινωνικά ή ψυχολογικά προβλήματα mentor noortejuhendaja مشاور یا مربی جوانان tukihenkilö pédagogue מַדרִיך רוּחָנִי समाजिक या मानसिक समस्या झेल रहे युवकों के मददगार staratelj tanácsadó pembimbing (giovane guida) 青少年助言者 청소년 지도자 globėjas, rūpintojas jauniešu padomdevējs pembimbing rakan sebaya jeugdleider, jeugdwerker støttekontakt opiekun młodzieży د ځوانانو مشاور наставник poradca, mentor mentor mladih s težavami mentor stödperson ที่ปรึกษาปัญหาวัยรุ่น genç danışmanı 青少年輔導人員 наставник юнака کسی سماحی یا ذہنی مسئلہ میں مبتلا شخص کی نگہبانی کرنے اور مشورہ دینے والا مہربان شخص người cố vấn cho giới trẻ 青少年顾问

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

youth

→ شَباب mládí ungdom Jugend νεότητα juventud nuoruus jeunesse mladost gioventù 青春時代 청소년 jeugd ungdomstid młodzież juventude молодость ungdom วัยหนุ่มสาว gençlik tuổi trẻ 青春

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

youth

n. juventud, mocedad.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

youth

n juventud f

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.