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youngest

/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/

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Australia/ˈjʌŋ.ɡəst/

youngest adjective: most recently begun or formed. Also the superlative form of young.

Adjective

youngest

  1. Most recently begun or formed.
    • I may be the youngest in my family but I still resent being referred to as the baby.
  2. Receiving dealt cards last, i.e. immediately before the next deal to the eldest.

Noun

youngest (plural youngests)

  1. The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.

Also used as

youngest is also the superlative form of young.

youngest meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

youngest in Bengali

সর্বকনিষ্ঠ, কনিষ্ঠতম, সবচেয়ে কম বয়সী

youngest in Telugu

అతి పిన్న వయస్కుడు, అతి చిన్నవాడు

youngest in Malayalam

ഏറ്റവും പ്രായം കുറഞ്ഞവർ, ഏറ്റവും ഇളയവൻ, ഏറ്റവും പ്രായം കുറഞ്ഞവൻ

youngest in Kannada

ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕಿರಿಯವಳು, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕಿರಿಯ
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youngest in Gujarati
સૌથી નાની ઉંમરના, સૌથી નાની ઉંમરની
youngest in Odia
କନିଷ୍ଠତମ, ସବୁଠାରୁ କନିଷ୍ଠ
youngest in Nepali
सबैभन्दा कान्छो, सबैभन्दा कान्छा
youngest in Malay
termuda
youngest in Vietnamese
út, trẻ nhất, con út

Examples of youngest in a sentence

  • They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.
  • The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
  • John's youngest is doing well at school. He's a bright spark, isn't he?

All 40 example sentences with youngest

Forms of youngest

pluralyoungests

Questions about youngest

What does youngest mean?
Youngest means most recently begun or formed.
What is youngest in Bengali?
Youngest in Bengali is সর্বকনিষ্ঠ, কনিষ্ঠতম, সবচেয়ে কম বয়সী. See Youngest meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is youngest?
Youngest can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce youngest?
Youngest is pronounced /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/ (UK).

Words near youngest in the dictionary

  1. younger sisters
  2. youngerly
  3. Youngerman
  4. Youngermans
  5. youngers
  6. youngest
  7. youngests
  8. youngfolk
  9. youngfolks
  10. younghead
  11. youngheads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: youngest (page history and authors); youngest (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); youngest (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); youngest (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); youngest (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); youngest (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); youngest (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); youngest (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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