English Explanatory Dictionary

younger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. comparative form of young: more young
  2. Synonym of junior.
noun
  1. One who is younger than another.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈjʌŋɡə/ /ˈjʌŋɡɚ/ en-us-younger.ogg

Word forms

younger youngers

Etymology

* An English (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland) surname from Middle English yungre (“younger”), used to distinguish younger and older men with the same name. * In at least one case (of an immigrant Fleming), probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer (“young nobleman”). * Americanized form of cognate or like-sounding names, notably German Junger, Junker and Dutch Jonker.

Synonyms

junior

Antonyms

elder older

Derived words

younger brother younger sister

Translations

Albanian: i rinisë Belarusian: мало́дшы Czech: mladší Faliscan: mino (mino) Georgian: უმცროსი German: jünger Italian: minore Japanese: 年下の Khmer: ក្មេងជាង Malayalam: ഇളയ Polish: młodszy Portuguese: mais jovem Russian: мла́дший Russian: младше Serbo-Croatian: млађи Serbo-Croatian: mlađi Slovak: mladší Slovene: mlajši Swedish: yngre Ukrainian: моло́дший Volapük: yunikum Yiddish: ייִנגער
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