/ʒœn/
Translation
young
Word origin
From Latin iuvenis ('young, a young person'). The same root gave English juvenile and junior.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- iuvenis
- English cognates
- juvenile, junior, young
Grammar
Examples
'aujourd'hui .
Young people today spend a lot of time on their phones.
.
She's still too young to drive.
' .
My younger brother just turned twenty.
partent l' .
Many young people go abroad to study every year.
populaire .
This café is very popular with the young people in the area.
Used in
Grammar articles
(5)French Adjective Agreement: Gender, Number, and Position Rules
French Adjective Position: Default, BAGS, and the Meaning Shifts
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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