-teen


-teen

n combining form (Mathematics) ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19 [Old English -tēne, -tӯne] -teenth adj combining form

teen2

(tin)

adj. 1. teenage. n. 2. a teenager. [1940–45]

teen1

(tin)

n. Archaic. grief. [before 1000; Middle English tene, Old English tēona]

-teen

a suffix used to form cardinal numerals from 13 to 19. [Middle English, Old English -tēne, comb. form of ten]