juvenile

adj.

1. Not fully grown or developed; young.
2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people: juvenile fashions.
3. Marked by immaturity; childish: juvenile behavior. See synonyms at young.

n.

1. 1. A young person; a child.
   2. A young animal that has not reached sexual maturity.
2. An actor who plays roles of children or young persons.
3. A children's book.

[Latin iuvenīlis, from iuvenis, young.]

juvenilely ju've·nile'ly adv.
juvenileness ju've·nile'ness n.

adjective

1. Being in an early period of growth or development: green, immature, infant, young, youthful. See youth/age/maturity.
2. Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity: babyish, childish, immature, infantile, puerile. See youth/age/maturity.

noun

1. A young person between birth and puberty: bud¹, child, innocent, moppet, tot¹, youngster. Informal kid. Scots bairn. See kin, youth/age/maturity.
2. One who is not yet legally of age: child. Law infant, minor. See law, youth/age/maturity.

adj

Definition: childish
Antonyms: adult, grown-up, mature

n

Definition: very young person
Antonyms: adult

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1. pertaining to young animals; young or immature.
2. a cell, tissue, disease or organism intermediate between the immature and mature forms.

• j. aponeurotic fibroma — see multilobular chondroma and osteoma.
• j. bovine leukosis — see bovine viral leukosis.
• j. cellulitis — see juvenile pyoderma.
• j. hormone — juvenile hormone insect growth hormone; regulates larval development and metamorphosis. It acts to maintain the larval stage and retard maturation to the adult stage. See also insect growth regulators.
• j. osteoporosis — see osteogenesis imperfecta.
• j. pancreatic atrophy — see pancreatic acinar atrophy.
• j. sterile granulomatous dermatitis and lymphadenitis — see juvenile pyoderma.

IN BRIEF: Not fully grown, young. Also: Marked by immaturity; childish.

The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life... When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it! — Daniel Dennett.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ung, ungdommelig, børne-, ungdoms-
n. - ungt menneske, skuespiller der spille unge roller

idioms:

• juvenile court    børnedomstol
• juvenile delinquency    ungdomskriminalitet

Nederlands (Dutch)
jeugdig, onvolwassen, jeugd-, jongere, acteur in rol van jong persoon, boek voor de jeugd

Français (French)
adj. - jeune, juvénile, puéril, pour enfants (des livres, un tribunal), mineur(e)
n. - jeune, mineur, enfance, jeunesse

idioms:

• juvenile court    tribunal pour enfants
• juvenile delinquency    délinquance juvénile

Deutsch (German)
n. - Jugendlicher, Jugendbuch
adj. - Jugend-, jugendlich, kindisch

idioms:

• juvenile court    Jugendgericht
• juvenile delinquency    Jugendkriminalität

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νεαρός, νεανίας
adj. - νεανικός, παιδικός

idioms:

• juvenile court    δικαστήριο ανηλίκων
• juvenile delinquency    εγκληματικότητα ανηλίκων

Italiano (Italian)
giovanile, immaturo

idioms:

• juvenile court    corte per minorenni
• juvenile delinquency    delinquenza minorile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jovem (m) (f), menor de idade (m) (f)
adj. - juvenil, infantil, imaturo

idioms:

• juvenile court    juizado (m) de menores (Jur.)
• juvenile delinquency    delinqüência (f) juvenil

Русский (Russian)
юный, молодой, несовершеннолетний, предназначенный для несовершеннолетних, незрелый

idioms:

• juvenile court    суд по делам несовершеннолетних
• juvenile delinquency    подростковая преступность

Español (Spanish)
adj. - juvenil, de menores, infantil, joven, inmaduro
n. - joven, mocito o mocita, galancete, libro para niños, (teat.) actor que representa personajes juveniles

idioms:

• juvenile court    tribunal de menores
• juvenile delinquency    delincuencia juvenil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tonåring, ungdom, ung person, minderårig
adj. - ungdoms-, ungdomlig, omogen, barnslig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
少年的, 适于少年的, 不成熟的, 少年, 少年读物

idioms:

• juvenile court    少年法庭, 少年犯法庭, 少年法院
• juvenile delinquency    少年犯罪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 少年的, 適於少年的, 不成熟的
n. - 少年, 少年讀物

idioms:

• juvenile court    少年法庭, 少年犯法庭, 少年法院
• juvenile delinquency    少年犯罪

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 젊은이의, 연소자의
n. - 연소자, 아동용 도서, 아역

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 少年の, 若い, おとならしくない, 地表に初めて出た, 少年少女の, 子供っぽい
n. - 若役を演ずる俳優, 子役, 少年

idioms:

• juvenile court    少年裁判所
• juvenile delinquency    少年犯罪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حدث, صبي (صفه) خاص بالاحداث, صبياني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צעיר, לא בוגר, של בני-עשרה, לבני-עשרה‬
n. - ‮צעיר, ספר לבני-עשרה, בית משפט לנוער‬

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