Adjective: giovanile
Hyphenation: gio‧va‧nì‧le
| Singular m. | giovanile |
| Singular f. | giovanile |
| Plural m. | giovanili |
| Plural f. | giovanili |
Sample Sentences
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Timor d’infamia e Desio sol d’onore, ¶ Penser canuti in giovenile etate (Fear of shame and desire only for honour/honor ¶ Mature thoughts at a youthful age) [1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della Pudicizia [Triumph of Demureness]”, in I trionfi [The Triumphs], Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1997, lines 87–88:]
Adjectives inflected like giovanile
soprasegmentale,
undicenne,
coscienziale,
collisionale,
superficiale,
retrodatabile,
bacillare,
ionizzante,
corbettese,
urlante,
antenuziale,
sovrabbondante,
multidimensionale,
rimbombevole,
moltiplicabile,
elettronucleare,
staccabile,
sovraprovinciale,
serale,
scritturale, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Italian giovenile, from Latin iuvenīlem, derived from iuvenis (“young”). By surface analysis, giovane (“young”, noun) + -ile (“-ile; tending to”). See: Latin Adjectives '
iuvenīlis'.
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