jouvenceau

French

Etymology

From earlier jouvencel, Old French jovenenciel, from Vulgar Latin *iuvencellus, from Latin iuvenculus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒu.vɑ̃.so/
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Noun

jouvenceau m (plural jouvenceaux, feminine jouvencelle)

(dated) a male adolescent, a young man

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Further reading

“jouvenceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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