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See also:-teenandteen-

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Etymology 1

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Clipping ofteenager. For more synonyms see atThesaurus:teenager.

Noun

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teen (pluralteens)

  1. Synonym ofteenager: aperson between13 and19yearsold (inclusive).
    In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect theirteens against marijuana-impaired driving.
    NTSB,NTSB Issues Safety Alert on Dangers of Marijuana for Teen Drivers, 18 July 2024
    • 2003, James Woycke,Au Naturel: The History of Nudism in Canada, FCN,→ISBN, page262:
      Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus fromteens to twens, particularly  ...
    • 2024, NTSB,Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
      We found thatteen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.
  2. (Internetslang, derogatory) Ablackteenager or ayoungblackperson.

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  • Of the second sense, often used sarcastically or euphemistcally to refer to black teenagers implicated in crime or wrongdoing.
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Adjective

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teen (notcomparable)

  1. Of or having to do with teenagers;teenage
    teen fashion

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishtene, fromOld Englishtēona,tēone,*tēon, fromProto-West Germanic*teun, fromProto-Germanic*teuną.

Noun

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teen (pluralteens)

  1. (archaic)Grief;sorrow;trouble.
    Synonyms:ill-fortune,harm,suffering
  2. (archaic or obsolete)Vexation;anger;hate.
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grief, sorrow, suffering

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishtenen, fromOld Englishtēonian,tȳnan(to vex, annoy, provoke), fromProto-West Germanic*tiunijan, fromProto-Germanic*tiunijaną.

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teen (third-person singular simple presentteens,present participleteening,simple past and past participleteened)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
  2. (reflexive, obsolete) To becomeangry ordistressed.
    • c.1385,William Langland,Piers Plowman, section II:
      Þennetened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde

Etymology 4

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FromMiddle Englishtenen,tinen, fromOld Englishtȳnan(to fence, inclose, shut, close), fromProto-West Germanic*tūnijan, fromProto-West Germanic*tūn, fromProto-Germanic*tūną(fence, enclosure).Doublet oftine. Cognate withDutchtuinen,Germanzäunen. Related toEnglishtown.

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teen (third-person singular simple presentteens,present participleteening,simple past and past participleteened)

  1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, Devon) Toclose, toshut; toenclose, to hedge or fence in.
    • 1874 (1879), Waugh,Chim. Corner, 75:
      Hie tho' off [] or th' dur may beteen'd.
    • 1919, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art,Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, page75:
      It is still heard in Devon , especially by older dialect speakers, in such expressions as “I'an't a-teen'd my eyes all night”; “Teen the door, will ' e?”
    • 1924, Eden Phillpotts,Redcliff, page244:
      She whimpered and whined about it till, in self-defence, I rose up andteened the candle and got into my breeches.

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Etymology

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FromDutchtegen, fromMiddle Dutchtegen,tjegen, fromtejegen, the latter fromOld Dutchgegin, fromProto-Germanic*gagin.

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teen

  1. against

Basque

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Noun

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teen

  1. genitiveplural ofte

Danish

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Particularly: “Hearing this in audio, it sounds like it has stød between the two "e"s?”

Noun

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teen c

  1. definitesingular ofte

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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    FromMiddle Dutchtêe, fromOld Dutch*tēa, fromProto-West Germanic*taihā, fromProto-Germanic*taihwǭ.

    The modern form was originally a plural (retained invan top tot teen), which was reanalysed as a singular. Compareschoen where the same has happened, orraaf andui which went the opposite way.

    Noun

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    teen m (pluraltenen,diminutiveteentje n)

    1. toe
    2. clove (ofgarlic)
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    • toon(dated, dialectal)
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    Etymology 2

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      FromMiddle Dutchtene,teene, fromOld Dutch*tein,*tēn, fromProto-West Germanic*tain, fromProto-Germanic*tainaz.

      Noun

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      teen f orn (pluraltenen,diminutiveteentje n)

      1. twig, thinbranch
        Synonym:twijg
      2. (collective) abundle oftwigs
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      The neuter gender is sometimes used for the collective sense “bundle of twigs”.

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      Dyula

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      teen

      1. oil palm,Elaeis guineensis
      2. the fruit of the palm tree

      Estonian

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      teen

      1. first-personsingularpresentindicative oftegema

      Finnish

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      Verb

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      teen

      1. first-personsingularpresentindicative oftehdä

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      Noun

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      teen

      1. genitivesingular oftee

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Noun

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      teen m

      1. definitesingular ofte

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      Noun

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      teen m

      1. definitesingular ofte

      Spanish

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈtin/[ˈt̪ĩn]
      • Rhymes:-in
      • Syllabification:teen

      Adjective

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      teen m orf (masculine and feminine pluralteens)

      1. teen

      Tetum

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      Etymology

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      FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqi, compareMalaytahi.

      Noun

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      teen

      1. excrement,faeces,feces

      Yucatec Maya

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      teen

      1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
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