younger in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.young [Brit jʌŋ, Am jəŋ] N

II.young [Brit jʌŋ, Am jəŋ] ADJ (not very old)

young person, tree, animal, plant
jeune
young attr nation, organization
jeune
young at heart
jeune de cœur
he's young for his age
il est jeune pour son âge
she is ten years younger than him
elle a dix ans de moins que lui
I feel ten years younger
j'ai l'impression d'avoir rajeuni de dix ans
in my younger days
quand j'étais jeune
you're only young once!
on n'est jeune qu'une fois
children as young as five years old
des enfants dont certains n'avaient que cinq ans
to marry/die young
se marier/mourir jeune
the young moon
la lune nouvelle
the night is young
la nuit ne fait que commencer
Mr Brown the younger [or the younger Mr Brown]
M. Brown le jeune
Mr Brown the younger [or the younger Mr Brown] (Mr Brown's son)
M. Brown fils
young Jones
le jeune Jones
they are aiming at a young audience
ils visent un public jeune
to have a young outlook
être jeune d'esprit
young fashion
mode f jeunes
her young man dated
son (petit) ami
young people
jeunes gens mpl
the younger generation
la jeune génération
her younger brother
son frère cadet
her younger sister
sa sœur cadette
the two younger children
les deux cadets
I'm not as young as I used to be
je n'ai plus 20 ans
we're not getting any younger
nous ne rajeunissons pas

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Translations for younger in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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vous me rajeunissez de dix ans!
you're making me out to be ten years younger than I really am!
ça ne nous rajeunit pas! iron hum
doesn't make us any younger, does it!
rajeunir
to feel younger
rajeunir
to seem younger
cadet(te)
younger
cadet(te)
younger child
c'est ma cadette
that's my younger sister
elle est ma cadette de trois mois
she's three months younger than me
une coupe rajeunissante
a cut that makes you look younger
jeunot(te)
young
jeunot(te)
young lad/girl
jeune
young
ma jeune sœur
my younger sister
faire jeune
to look young
jeune vin
young
jeune
young man/girl
jeune
young people
alevin
young fish
lapereau
young rabbit
perdreau
young partridge
JH
young man

younger Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it has little appeal for young people
ça a peu d'attrait pour les jeunes
sb's younger brother
le frère cadet de qn
in sb's young(er) days
dans la jeunesse de qn
I admit he's young, he's young, I admit
il est jeune, je l'admets
I was younger then
j'étais plus jeune en ce temps là
a cut that makes you look younger
une coupe rajeunissante
she's three months younger than me
elle est ma cadette de trois mois
it's nevertheless true that he's too young
il n'en est pas moins vrai qu'il est trop jeune
he is one year younger than me
il a un an de moins que moi
doesn't make us any younger, does it!
ça ne nous rajeunit pas! iron hum

younger Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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Of the two siblings, he is the eldest and has a younger sister.
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His younger brother is the third member of the trio.
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This stage provides entertainment such as magic or puppet show for younger children's entertainment.
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This community is found on younger, windblown sands than the heathlands to the north.
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While this pattern may signal workplace changes among younger cohorts, women do tend to fall behind men as their careers progress.
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In other words, fewer than 1% of teens younger than 15 became pregnant in 2008.
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If the younger sisters of teenage parents babysit the children, they have an increased risk of getting pregnant themselves.
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This character is younger and more svelte than the original version and appears to possess wind-based powers.
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This appearance was deemed frightening for younger children, so later it was revamped to have his eyes look normal and to have a friendly personality.
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The findings bear out across a sample of more than 300 parents, each with at least one child 18 or younger at home.
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