jove

See also: Jove and jőve

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iuvenis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʒo.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʒo.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒo.ve]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

jove m or f (masculine and feminine plural joves or (found in part of Western Catalan, including all of Valencia, as well as in Ibiza) jóvens)

1. young

   Antonym: vell

   (idiomatic) gent jove, pa tou ― young people have little desire to strive and they want things easy used either to complain about or to excuse young people's less experience or understanding

Derived terms

• rejovenir

Related terms

• joventut

Noun

jove m or f by sense (plural joves or (found in part of Western Catalan, including all of Valencia, as well as in Ibiza) jóvens)

1. young person, adolescent

Noun

jove f (plural joves or (found in part of Western Catalan, including all of Valencia, as well as in Ibiza) jóvens)

1. daughter-in-law

   Synonym: nora

Coordinate terms

• gendre

Further reading

• “jove” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “jove”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “jove” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “jove” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• joeine, joine (Auvergne)
• joine (Languedoc)
• jòune (Limousin)
• joine, joeine, jouine (Provençal)
• joine, joeine (Vivaro-Alpine)

Etymology

From Old Occitan joven, from Latin iuvenis.

Pronunciation

• (Languedoc) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒube/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

jove m (feminine singular jove, masculine plural joves, feminine plural joves)

1. young

Related terms

• jovença
• jovencèl
• jovenet
• joveneta
• jovenisme
• jovenòme
• jovent
• joventut

Further reading

• "jove" - Diccionari de la Lenga Occitana (pg. 358)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jove

1. inflection of jova:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural