teenage

== English == === Etymology 1 === From -teen +‎ age. First attested in 1921. ==== Alternative forms ==== teen-age, teen age teenaged ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹāj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: teen‧age ==== Adjective ==== teenage (not comparable) Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old. ===== Derived terms ===== teenager ===== Related terms ===== teens ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) +‎ -age (suffix forming abstract nouns). First attested circa 1700. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹĭj, IPA(key): /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: teen‧age ==== Noun ==== teenage (uncountable) (obsolete, chiefly Kent dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges. ===== Synonyms ===== teenet ===== References ===== “teenage n.”, under John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “teen, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.