# juvenile

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/ · frequency rank #8,562

## Definitions
1. Young; not fully developed.
2. Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h₂ey- (“age; life”)) + *h₁én (“in”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`jjuvenile`, `juevnile`, `juveinle`, `juveniel`, `juvenille`, `juvenlie`, `juvennile`, `juvneile`, `juvvenile`, `jvuenile`, `ujvenile`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/juvenile