# teenager

Pronunciation: US say "TEEN-ay-jur" /ˈtiːnˌeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/; UK say "TEEN-ay-juh" /ˈtiːnˌeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A person between the ages of thirteen and nineteen.
   - Simple: A young person who is between thirteen and nineteen years old.
   - _As a teenager, she spent most of her weekends at the skate park._
   - _The grocery store hires teenagers for part-time work over the summer._

## Origin

Formed from "teenage" combined with the suffix "-er."

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