1. Partie de la vie qui est entre l'enfance et l'âge adulte (adolescence généralement comprise).
2. L'état d'une personne jeune. Je plains le temps de ma jeunesse (Villon).
3. Ensemble de ceux qui entrent dans cette catégorie. Chantiers de jeunesse.
ETYM AS. cildhâd; cild child + -hâd. Related to Child, and -hood.
1. The state of a child between infancy and adolescence; SYN. puerility.
2. The time of person's life when they are a child.
ETYM Old Eng. youthe, youhthe, yuhethe, yuwethe, yeoyethe, AS. geoguth, geogoth; akin to OS. jugth, Dutch jeugd, Old High Germ. jugund, German jugend, Goth. junda. Related to Young.
An early period of development; SYN. early days.
Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced.
The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person; SYN. youthfulness, juvenility.
The time of life between childhood and maturity.