[jʌŋ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having lived or existed for only a short time
(e.g: a young girl)

- used to denote the younger of two people of the same name
(e.g: Pitt the Younger)


Phrases:
- be not getting any younger
- with young

Origin:
Old English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis

[jʌŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth
(e.g: many grebes carry their young on their backs)


Phrases:
- be not getting any younger
- with young

Origin:
Old English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis