giovinezza

Concepts

youth

adolescence

youthfulness

juvenesence

teendom

younghood

teenhood

juvenility

Synonyms

gioventù

adolescenza

gioventu

giovanezza

Translations

jeunesse

Jugend

juventud

joventut

juventude

jeugd

adolescencia

adolescence

iuventus

νεολαία

jovent

Jugendzeit

εφηβεία

gençlik

Hyphenated as

gio‧vi‧néz‧za

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒo.viˈnet.t͡sa/

Etymology

From giovine (“young”) + -ezza (“-ness”, suffix denoting a state of being). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *juvenitia. Compare French jeunesse.