jeune

Definitions of jeune
  1. noun
    abstaining from food
    synonyms: carême
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    types:
    grève de la faim
    a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
    type of:
    abstinence
    act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
  2. noun
    a young person, not fully developed
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    antonyms:
    adulte, majeur
    a fully developed person from maturity onward
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    adolescent
    a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
    enfant, mineur
    a young person of either sex
    enfant adoptif, enfant adoptive
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    espiègle, fripon, garnement
    one who is playfully mischievous
    gosse
    a young child
    orphelin
    a child who has lost both parents
    jeunot
    an inexperienced young person
    écolier, élève
    a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
    bout de chou, môme, tout-petit
    a young child
    type of:
    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  3. noun
    young people collectively
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    type of:
    tranche d'age
    a group of people having approximately the same age
  4. noun
    a young person (especially a young man or boy)
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    types:
    jeunot
    an inexperienced young person
    écolier, élève
    a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
    écolier, élève
    a boy attending school
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