pueril

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puerīlis (“childish”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural puerils)

  1. puerile, childish

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puerīlis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. puerile

Declension

Positive forms of pueril
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist pueril sie ist pueril es ist pueril sie sind pueril
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative pueriler puerile pueriles puerile
genitive puerilen pueriler puerilen pueriler
dative puerilem pueriler puerilem puerilen
accusative puerilen puerile pueriles puerile
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der puerile die puerile das puerile die puerilen
genitive des puerilen der puerilen des puerilen der puerilen
dative dem puerilen der puerilen dem puerilen den puerilen
accusative den puerilen die puerile das puerile die puerilen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein pueriler eine puerile ein pueriles (keine) puerilen
genitive eines puerilen einer puerilen eines puerilen (keiner) puerilen
dative einem puerilen einer puerilen einem puerilen (keinen) puerilen
accusative einen puerilen eine puerile ein pueriles (keine) puerilen
Comparative forms of pueril
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist pueriler sie ist pueriler es ist pueriler sie sind pueriler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative puerilerer puerilere puerileres puerilere
genitive puerileren puerilerer puerileren puerilerer
dative puerilerem puerilerer puerilerem puerileren
accusative puerileren puerilere puerileres puerilere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der puerilere die puerilere das puerilere die puerileren
genitive des puerileren der puerileren des puerileren der puerileren
dative dem puerileren der puerileren dem puerileren den puerileren
accusative den puerileren die puerilere das puerilere die puerileren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein puerilerer eine puerilere ein puerileres (keine) puerileren
genitive eines puerileren einer puerileren eines puerileren (keiner) puerileren
dative einem puerileren einer puerileren einem puerileren (keinen) puerileren
accusative einen puerileren eine puerilere ein puerileres (keine) puerileren
Superlative forms of pueril
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am puerilsten sie ist am puerilsten es ist am puerilsten sie sind am puerilsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative puerilster puerilste puerilstes puerilste
genitive puerilsten puerilster puerilsten puerilster
dative puerilstem puerilster puerilstem puerilsten
accusative puerilsten puerilste puerilstes puerilste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der puerilste die puerilste das puerilste die puerilsten
genitive des puerilsten der puerilsten des puerilsten der puerilsten
dative dem puerilsten der puerilsten dem puerilsten den puerilsten
accusative den puerilsten die puerilste das puerilste die puerilsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein puerilster eine puerilste ein puerilstes (keine) puerilsten
genitive eines puerilsten einer puerilsten eines puerilsten (keiner) puerilsten
dative einem puerilsten einer puerilsten einem puerilsten (keinen) puerilsten
accusative einen puerilsten eine puerilste ein puerilstes (keine) puerilsten

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Adjective

pueril (comparative plus pueril, superlative le plus pueril)

  1. puerile

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer.

Pronunciation

 

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

Adjective

pueril m or f (plural pueris)

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French puéril.

Adjective

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

  1. childish

Declension

Declension of pueril
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

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural pueriles)

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

Related terms

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

pueril (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory) puerile (childish)

Declension

Inflection of pueril
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pueril — —
Neuter singular puerilt — —
Plural puerila — —
Masculine plural3 puerile — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 puerile — —
All puerila — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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