"teenage" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-teenage.ogg [Australia]
enPR: tēnʹāj Etymology: From -teen + age. First attested in 1921. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|-teen|age}} -teen + age Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} teenage (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: teen-age, teen age, teenaged Derived forms: teenager Related terms: teens Translations (of an age between 13 and 19): юношески (junošeski) (Bulgarian), teenage (Danish), adoleska (Esperanto), teini-ikäinen (Finnish), adolescent (French), tenårig (Norwegian Bokmål), tenårings- (Norwegian Bokmål), tenårig (Norwegian Nynorsk), tenårings- (Norwegian Nynorsk), nastoletni (Polish), подростко́вый (podrostkóvyj) (Russian), tonårig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-teenage-en-adj-B3bHsY6R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: tēnʹĭj Etymology: table From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”). First attested circa 1700. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|brushwood}} table, {{m|en|teen}} teen, {{m|en|tine||enclose within a wattle fence}} tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”), {{suffix|en||age|gloss2=suffix forming abstract nouns}} + -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} teenage (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete, chiefly Kent dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges. Tags: Kent, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: teenet
    Sense id: en-teenage-en-noun-T2ZtgfSD Categories (other): Kentish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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