teenage

From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) +‎ -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”). First attested circa 1700.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/

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• Hyphenation: teen‧age

teenage (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Kent dialectal) Brushwood for fences and hedges.

• teenet

• “ˈteenage n.¹” defined as a derived term of “teen, v.²”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

From -teen +‎ age. First attested in 1921.

• teen-age, teen age
• teenaged

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tēnʹāj, IPA^(key): /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/
• Hyphenation: teen‧age

teenage (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

   Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times.

• teenager

• teens