# teenage

Pronunciation: say "TEE-nayj" US /ˈtineɪd͡ʒ/, UK /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/

## Adjective

1. Relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old, or to people of that age.
   - Simple: Describing someone who is between thirteen and nineteen years old.
   - _The clinic offers counseling services aimed at teenage patients._
   - _Teenage rebellion is a familiar theme in coming-of-age novels._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "TEE-nij" US /ˈtinɪd͡ʒ/, UK /ˈtiːnɪd͡ʒ/

2. Cut brushwood used for building or repairing fences and hedges. *(obsolete, Kent)*
   - Simple: Small branches and twigs used to make or fix fences and hedges.

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — This word was formed from '-teen' (as in the teen years) plus 'age', and was first attested in 1921.
**Meaning 2** — This sense comes from 'teen', a Kentish variant of 'tine' ('to enclose within a wattle fence'), combined with the suffix '-age', which forms abstract nouns. It was first attested around 1700.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/teenage (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).