pueril

See also: puéril

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puerīlis (“childish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pu.əˈɾil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pu.eˈɾil]
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural puerils)

1. puerile, childish

Further reading

• “pueril” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pueril”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pueril” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pueril” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puerīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pu̯eˈʁiːl]

• Audio:

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Adjective

pueril (strong nominative masculine singular pueriler, comparative pueriler, superlative am puerilsten)

1. puerile

Declension

Positive forms of pueril

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist pueril	sie ist pueril	es ist pueril	sie sind pueril
strong declension (without article)	nominative	pueriler	puerile	pueriles	puerile
	genitive	puerilen	pueriler	puerilen	pueriler
	dative	puerilem	pueriler	puerilem	puerilen
	accusative	puerilen	puerile	pueriles	puerile
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der puerile	die puerile	das puerile	die puerilen
	genitive	des puerilen	der puerilen	des puerilen	der puerilen
	dative	dem puerilen	der puerilen	dem puerilen	den puerilen
	accusative	den puerilen	die puerile	das puerile	die puerilen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein pueriler	eine puerile	ein pueriles	(keine) puerilen
	genitive	eines puerilen	einer puerilen	eines puerilen	(keiner) puerilen
	dative	einem puerilen	einer puerilen	einem puerilen	(keinen) puerilen
	accusative	einen puerilen	eine puerile	ein pueriles	(keine) puerilen

Comparative forms of pueril

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist pueriler	sie ist pueriler	es ist pueriler	sie sind pueriler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	puerilerer	puerilere	puerileres	puerilere
	genitive	puerileren	puerilerer	puerileren	puerilerer
	dative	puerilerem	puerilerer	puerilerem	puerileren
	accusative	puerileren	puerilere	puerileres	puerilere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der puerilere	die puerilere	das puerilere	die puerileren
	genitive	des puerileren	der puerileren	des puerileren	der puerileren
	dative	dem puerileren	der puerileren	dem puerileren	den puerileren
	accusative	den puerileren	die puerilere	das puerilere	die puerileren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein puerilerer	eine puerilere	ein puerileres	(keine) puerileren
	genitive	eines puerileren	einer puerileren	eines puerileren	(keiner) puerileren
	dative	einem puerileren	einer puerileren	einem puerileren	(keinen) puerileren
	accusative	einen puerileren	eine puerilere	ein puerileres	(keine) puerileren

Superlative forms of pueril

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am puerilsten	sie ist am puerilsten	es ist am puerilsten	sie sind am puerilsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	puerilster	puerilste	puerilstes	puerilste
	genitive	puerilsten	puerilster	puerilsten	puerilster
	dative	puerilstem	puerilster	puerilstem	puerilsten
	accusative	puerilsten	puerilste	puerilstes	puerilste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der puerilste	die puerilste	das puerilste	die puerilsten
	genitive	des puerilsten	der puerilsten	des puerilsten	der puerilsten
	dative	dem puerilsten	der puerilsten	dem puerilsten	den puerilsten
	accusative	den puerilsten	die puerilste	das puerilste	die puerilsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein puerilster	eine puerilste	ein puerilstes	(keine) puerilsten
	genitive	eines puerilsten	einer puerilsten	eines puerilsten	(keiner) puerilsten
	dative	einem puerilsten	einer puerilsten	einem puerilsten	(keinen) puerilsten
	accusative	einen puerilsten	eine puerilste	ein puerilstes	(keine) puerilsten

Further reading

• “pueril” in Duden online
• “pueril” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

Adjective

pueril (comparative plus pueril, superlative le plus pueril)

1. puerile

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwɛˈɾil/ [pwɛˈɾiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwɛˈɾil/ [pwɛˈɾiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwɛˈɾi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: pu‧e‧ril

Adjective

pueril m or f (plural pueris)

1. (relational) child, childhood
2. childish, puerile
3. futile, trivial
4. ingenuous

Further reading

• “pueril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French puéril.

Adjective

pueril m or n (feminine singular puerilă, masculine plural puerili, feminine and neuter plural puerile)

1. childish

Declension

Declension of pueril

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pueril		puerilă	puerili	puerile
	definite	puerilul		puerila	puerilii	puerilele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pueril		puerile	puerili	puerile
	definite	puerilului		puerilei	puerililor	puerilelor

Related terms

• puerilitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pweˈɾil/ [pweˈɾil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: pue‧ril

Adjective

pueril m or f (masculine and feminine plural pueriles)

1. (relational) children, childhood
2. childish, puerile
3. futile, trivial

Related terms

• puerilidad

 

Further reading

• “pueril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Swedish

Adjective

pueril (not comparable)

1. (derogatory) puerile (childish)

Declension

Inflection of pueril
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	pueril	—	—
Neuter singular	puerilt	—	—
Plural	puerila	—	—
Masculine plural3	puerile	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	puerile	—	—
All	puerila	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• pueril in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pueril in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pueril in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)