juvenile
/ˈdʒuːvənʌɪl/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdʒuːvənʌɪl/
juvenile
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ju - ve - nile -> juvenile
Myanmar meaning
(n) လူငယ်။ လူပျိုပေါက်။ အပျိုပေါက်။ (adj) လူငယ်ငယ်ရွယ်သူ။ကလေးဆန်သော။
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juvenile / 'dʒu:vǝnaÇl; US also -vǝnl / n (fml or law )
လူငယ်။ လူပျိုပေါက်။ အပျိုပေါက်။ an increase in the number of juveniles brought to court.
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၁။ (fml or law ) လူငယ်လူရွယ်။ ယုဝ။ juvenile crime ❍ juvenile offenders.
၂။ (derog ) ကလေးသော။ ကလေး ဆန်သော။ a juvenile sense of humour ❍ Don't be so juvenile!
❏ juvenile court n လူငယ်တရားရုံး။
❏ juvenile delinquency n [U] လူငယ် အကျင့်ပျက်ပြား ခြင်း။
❏ juvenile delinquent n အကျင့်ပျက်လူငယ်။
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young, youthful, childish, infantile, immature, babyish, adolescent, baby-faced, beardless, blooming, boy, boyish, budding, callow, child, childlike, developing, formative, fresh, fresh-faced, girl, girlish, green, growing, inexperienced, infant, jejune, junior, kid, kid stuff, milk-fed, minor, naive, pubescent, puerile, teen, teenage, teenager, tender, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, unweaned, vernal, young person, younger, youngster, youth
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