giovane

Definitions of giovane
  1. noun
    a girl or young woman who is unmarried
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    type of:
    giovinetta, signorina
    a young woman
  2. noun
    a teenager or a young adult male
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    type of:
    uomo
    an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
  3. noun
    a young person (especially a young man or boy)
    synonyms: giovanotto
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    types:
    allievo, alunno
    a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
    collegiale, convittore
    a pupil who lives at school during term time
    allievo, alunno, collegiale, scolaro
    a boy attending school
    type of:
    minore, minorenne
    a young person, not fully developed
  4. adjective
    (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
    synonyms:
    nuovo, recente
    not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
    piccolo
    (of children and animals) young, immature
    delicato, tenero
    young and immature
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    antonyms:
    anziano, vecchio
    (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
    provetto
    having reached full natural growth or development
    arteriosclerotico, rimbambito, rincoglionito, rintontito
    mentally or physically infirm with age
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  5. adjective
    used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
    synonyms: piccolo
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