puéril
French
adj
Definitions
- (dated) childlike
- (pejorative) puerile, childish, immature
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin puerīlis (childish, boyish, youthful).
Origin
Latin
puerīlis
Gloss
childish, boyish, youthful
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- puerile English
- puerilely English
- puerileness English
- puerilism English
- puerility English
- puerilitas Latin
- puerīlis Latin
- pueril German
- puerile Italian
- puerilismo Italian
- puerilmente Italian
- puérilement French
- puérilité French
- pueril Spanish, Castilian
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- pueril Portuguese
- pueril Catalan, Valencian
- puero Ido