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jeune

young

adjective ZHUHN Common

Also means

a young person (noun)

Usage Note

Jeune belongs to a small group of short, common adjectives that normally come before the noun — un jeune homme, une jeune fille, les jeunes gens. Used as a noun, les jeunes refers to young people or youth as a group. The related noun la jeunesse means youth collectively — as in l'auberge de jeunesse (youth hostel).

Examples

"Elle est encore très jeune."

Natural Translation

She is still very young.

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