See adolescent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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teenager", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "rapariga" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "moço" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "moça" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "adolescent" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "adolescentă" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "podróstok", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "подро́сток" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "boy", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "júnoša", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ю́ноша" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "girl", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "dévuška", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "де́вушка" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "òigear" 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"sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "tonåring" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "a teenager", "word": "ergen" }, { "code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "a teenager", "word": "léo" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "pidlítok", "sense": "a teenager", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "підлі́ток" } ], "word": "adolescent" }
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