youthful

English

Etymology

From youth +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːθしーたfəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːθしーたfəl
• Hyphenation: youth‧ful

Adjective

youthful (comparative more youthful, superlative most youthful)

1. Young or seeming young.

   Synonyms: lively, sprightly, spry, young; see also Thesaurus:young, Thesaurus:active

   a youthful butler

   • 2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Southgate is presiding over a talented, youthful squad and there is enough attacking weaponry to test the best in the Euros

2. Characteristic of young people.

   youthful vivacity

Derived terms

• unyouthful
• youthful indiscretion
• youthfulize
• youthfully
• youthfulness
• youthful offender
• youthful river

 

Translations

young or seeming young

• Armenian: երիտասարդ (hy) (eritasard)
• Catalan: juvenil (ca), jovenívol
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青春せいしゅん的てき (zh) (qīngchūn de), 年とし輕かる／年とし轻 (zh) (niánqīng)

• Danish: ungdommelig
• Finnish: nuorekas (fi), nuorehko
• French: juvénile (fr), jeune (fr)
• Galician: xuvenil (gl)
• Georgian: ახალგაზრდა (axalgazrda), ახალგაზრდული (axalgazrduli), ჭაბუკური (č̣abuḳuri)
• German: jugendlich (de), jung (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἡβητής m (hēbētḗs), ἡβべーたᾱτάς m (hēbātás) (Doric), ἁβべーたᾱτάς (habātás) (Doric)

• Irish: anaosta
• Italian: giovanile (it)
• Japanese: 若々わかわかしい (ja) (わかわかしい, wakawakashii)
• Latin: iuvenis (la), prīmaevus
• Maori: taiohi
• Middle English: yongly
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ungdommelig

  Nynorsk: ungdomleg, ungdommeleg

• Portuguese: juvenil (pt), jovem (pt)
• Russian: ю́ношеский (ru) (júnošeskij), моложа́вый (ru) (moložávyj), молодо́й (ru) (molodój)
• Sanskrit: अर्भग (sa) (arbhaga)
• Scottish Gaelic: ògail
• Spanish: juvenil (es), joven (es)
• Swedish: ungdomlig (sv), ung (sv)
• Yiddish: יוגנטלעך (yugntlekh)

characteristic of young people

• Bulgarian: младежки (bg) (mladežki)
• Czech: mladický (cs)
• Galician: xuvenil (gl)
• Maori: taiohi
• Portuguese: juvenil (pt)
• Russian: ю́ношеский (ru) (júnošeskij), молодёжный (ru) (molodjóžnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ògail
• Spanish: juvenil (es)
• Yiddish: יוגנטלעך (yugntlekh)