English
Etymology
From youth + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuːθfəl/
- Rhymes: -uːθfəl
- Hyphenation: youth‧ful
Adjective
youthful (comparative more youthful, superlative most youthful)
- 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
- Characteristic of young people.
youthful vivacity
Derived terms
Translations
young or seeming young
- Armenian: երիտասարդ (hy) (eritasard)
- Catalan: juvenil (ca), jovenívol
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 青春的 (zh) (qīngchūn de), 年輕 / 年轻 (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), ἡβᾱτάς m (hēbātás) (Doric), ἁβᾱτάς (habātás) (Doric)
- Irish: anaosta
- Italian: giovanile (it)
- Japanese: 若々しい (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)
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characteristic of young people
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