young

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
2. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
3. advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
4. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
5. Early. (of a decade of life)
6. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
7. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
8. (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Noun

Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

Verb

1. (informal) To become or seem to become younger.
2. (informal) To cause to appear younger.
3. To exhibit younging.

Concepts

jeune

petit

enfant

🧒

adolescent

descendant

disciple

héritier

rejeton

ado

bébé

👶

nouveau

🆕

veau

jeunesse

nouvel

progéniture

récent

frisont

tendre

vert

en bas âge

fris

immature

jeune garçon

jeune personne

juvénile

mioche

🧒

fille

👧

gosse

🧒

garçon

👦

tout jeune homme

débutant

mineur

nature

Synonymes

youthful

small

tender

new

🆕

fresh

immature

adolescent

juvenile

green

youth

little

offspring

child

🧒

unripe

girl

👧

inexperienced

junior

younger

raw

soft

budding

vernal

cub

strong

infant

teenage

calf

weak

untried

young man

untested

kid

🧒

delicate

baby

👶

modern

boy

👦

children

young person

unseasoned

girlish

wild

beginning

tiny

feeble

boyish

recent

teenager

inferior

minor

greenhorn

Traductions

jung

joven

jong

giovane

jovem

νεαρός

genç

jove

jugendlich

νέος

jeugdig

novo

🆕

adolescente

adolescente

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/jʌŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: yong

Hérité de ancien anglais: ġeong

In summary

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).
Cognates
Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

Phrases

This young boy is a total genius .

Ce jeune garçon est un génie total.

He felt invisible among all those young people .

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

Une jeune fille mélange quelque chose de jaune dans un bol.

A young man with a backpack watches as a bicycle is suspended for repair .

Un jeune homme avec un sac à dos montre un vélo est suspendu pour réparation.

Paul reminded them of a young Sean Connery .

Paul leur a rappelé un jeune Sean Connery.

A young girl in a blue and green jacket is sledding .

Une jeune fille dans une veste bleue et verte est de la luge.