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pueril

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See also: puéril

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin puerīlis (childish).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural puerils)

  1. puerile, childish

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin puerīlis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pu̯eˈʁiːl]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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pueril (strong nominative masculine singular pueriler, comparative pueriler, superlative am puerilsten)

  1. puerile

Declension

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Further reading

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  • pueril” in Duden online
  • pueril” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

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Adjective

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pueril (comparative plus pueril, superlative le plus pueril)

  1. puerile

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin puerīlis (childish), from puer.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: pu‧e‧ril

Adjective

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pueril m or f (plural pueris)

  1. (relational) child, childhood
  2. childish, puerile
  3. futile, trivial
  4. ingenuous

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French puéril.

Adjective

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pueril m or n (feminine singular puerilă, masculine plural puerili, feminine and neuter plural puerile)

  1. childish

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite pueril puerilă puerili puerile
definite puerilul puerila puerilii puerilele
genitive-
dative
indefinite pueril puerile puerili puerile
definite puerilului puerilei puerililor puerilelor
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin puerīlis (childish), from puer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pweˈɾil/ [pweˈɾil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pue‧ril

Adjective

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pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural pueriles)

  1. (relational) children, childhood
  2. childish, puerile
  3. futile, trivial
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Further reading

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Swedish

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Adjective

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pueril (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory) puerile (childish)

Declension

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Inflection of pueril
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular pueril
neuter singular puerilt
plural puerila
masculine plural2 puerile
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 puerile
all puerila

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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