EuroLex/E/Teen

teen


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'a youth aged 13 to 19'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Russian: teen, meaning: the same as in English, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Greek: teens, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: modern;

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