Is there a word for children under 10 years old?
I am looking for the counterpart of the term "teenager" for those who are younger than 10 years old. A single word that means something like "elementary school student" is helpful as well.
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I am looking for the counterpart of the term "teenager" for those who are younger than 10 years old. A single word that means something like "elementary school student" is helpful as well.
single-word-requests
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Younger than ten? - a newborn baby? an infant? a tiny tot? a toddler? a child? a kid?
– Centaurus
Nov 2 '16 at 23:49
@Centaurus I am looking for a formal term for students in elementary schools. I mean "teenager" is formal to middle/high school students and I want an analogous term for younger people.
– cr001
Nov 3 '16 at 0:04
There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:38
(Note that "teenager" means those between 13 and 19, inclusive.)
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:39
teenage: between 13 and 19 years old.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 1:43
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I am looking for the counterpart of the term "teenager" for those who are younger than 10 years old. A single word that means something like "elementary school student" is helpful as well.
single-word-requests
edited Mar 20 at 7:51
Mari-Lou A
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asked Nov 2 '16 at 23:15
cr001cr001
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I am looking for the counterpart of the term "teenager" for those who are younger than 10 years old. A single word that means something like "elementary school student" is helpful as well.
single-word-requests
single-word-requests
edited Mar 20 at 7:51
Mari-Lou A
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asked Nov 2 '16 at 23:15
cr001cr001
240139
edited Mar 20 at 7:51
Mari-Lou A
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asked Nov 2 '16 at 23:15
cr001cr001
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edited Mar 20 at 7:51
Mari-Lou A
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edited Mar 20 at 7:51
Mari-Lou A
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Younger than ten? - a newborn baby? an infant? a tiny tot? a toddler? a child? a kid?
– Centaurus
Nov 2 '16 at 23:49
@Centaurus I am looking for a formal term for students in elementary schools. I mean "teenager" is formal to middle/high school students and I want an analogous term for younger people.
– cr001
Nov 3 '16 at 0:04
There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:38
(Note that "teenager" means those between 13 and 19, inclusive.)
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:39
teenage: between 13 and 19 years old.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 1:43
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Younger than ten? - a newborn baby? an infant? a tiny tot? a toddler? a child? a kid?
– Centaurus
Nov 2 '16 at 23:49
@Centaurus I am looking for a formal term for students in elementary schools. I mean "teenager" is formal to middle/high school students and I want an analogous term for younger people.
– cr001
Nov 3 '16 at 0:04
There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:38
(Note that "teenager" means those between 13 and 19, inclusive.)
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:39
teenage: between 13 and 19 years old.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 1:43
Younger than ten? - a newborn baby? an infant? a tiny tot? a toddler? a child? a kid?
– Centaurus
Nov 2 '16 at 23:49
Younger than ten? - a newborn baby? an infant? a tiny tot? a toddler? a child? a kid?
– Centaurus
Nov 2 '16 at 23:49
@Centaurus I am looking for a formal term for students in elementary schools. I mean "teenager" is formal to middle/high school students and I want an analogous term for younger people.
– cr001
Nov 3 '16 at 0:04
@Centaurus I am looking for a formal term for students in elementary schools. I mean "teenager" is formal to middle/high school students and I want an analogous term for younger people.
– cr001
Nov 3 '16 at 0:04
There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:38
There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:38
(Note that "teenager" means those between 13 and 19, inclusive.)
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:39
(Note that "teenager" means those between 13 and 19, inclusive.)
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:39
teenage: between 13 and 19 years old.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 1:43
teenage: between 13 and 19 years old.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 1:43
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I don't think you're going to find a single word--if there were one, education departments would use it. Across New York State Education Department documents, students in elementary school (usually kindergarten through 5th or 6th grade, depending on the district) are referred to as "elementary students."
NY State Department of Education
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The AAP calls them gradeschoolers.
Personally, I call them “school-aged children.”
Gradeschooler: 5-12 yrs.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
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a few words come to mind, you could use...
Child https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/child
"A human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority."
You could also use minor
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/minor
a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
"the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
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But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
add a comment |
10-12 is a tween: short form of tweenager (ˈtwēnˌājər)
noun informal
a preteen or a young teenager.
"the hot Nickelodeon show for tweenagers" -- Google
So perhaps you could coin pretween, meaning younger than a tween.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
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I don't think you're going to find a single word--if there were one, education departments would use it. Across New York State Education Department documents, students in elementary school (usually kindergarten through 5th or 6th grade, depending on the district) are referred to as "elementary students."
NY State Department of Education
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:46
Katherine LockwoodKatherine Lockwood
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I don't think you're going to find a single word--if there were one, education departments would use it. Across New York State Education Department documents, students in elementary school (usually kindergarten through 5th or 6th grade, depending on the district) are referred to as "elementary students."
NY State Department of Education
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:46
Katherine LockwoodKatherine Lockwood
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add a comment |
I don't think you're going to find a single word--if there were one, education departments would use it. Across New York State Education Department documents, students in elementary school (usually kindergarten through 5th or 6th grade, depending on the district) are referred to as "elementary students."
NY State Department of Education
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:46
Katherine LockwoodKatherine Lockwood
2,8791025
I don't think you're going to find a single word--if there were one, education departments would use it. Across New York State Education Department documents, students in elementary school (usually kindergarten through 5th or 6th grade, depending on the district) are referred to as "elementary students."
NY State Department of Education
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:46
Katherine LockwoodKatherine Lockwood
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Katherine LockwoodKatherine Lockwood
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The AAP calls them gradeschoolers.
Personally, I call them “school-aged children.”
Gradeschooler: 5-12 yrs.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
answered Mar 20 at 0:57
DamilaDamila
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The AAP calls them gradeschoolers.
Personally, I call them “school-aged children.”
Gradeschooler: 5-12 yrs.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
answered Mar 20 at 0:57
DamilaDamila
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The AAP calls them gradeschoolers.
Personally, I call them “school-aged children.”
Gradeschooler: 5-12 yrs.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
answered Mar 20 at 0:57
DamilaDamila
5257
The AAP calls them gradeschoolers.
Personally, I call them “school-aged children.”
Gradeschooler: 5-12 yrs.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
answered Mar 20 at 0:57
DamilaDamila
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a few words come to mind, you could use...
Child https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/child
"A human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority."
You could also use minor
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/minor
a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
"the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
172
But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
add a comment |
a few words come to mind, you could use...
Child https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/child
"A human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority."
You could also use minor
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/minor
a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
"the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
172
But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
add a comment |
a few words come to mind, you could use...
Child https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/child
"A human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority."
You could also use minor
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/minor
a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
"the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
172
a few words come to mind, you could use...
Child https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/child
"A human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority."
You could also use minor
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/minor
a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
"the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
172
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
172
answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
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answered Nov 3 '16 at 0:10
GreenWriterGreenWriter
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But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
add a comment |
But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
But the "age of full legal responsibility" is generally 18, so "minor" doesn't work.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:40
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
I think you're right,
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:16
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
Minor is tied with child, but it's only a synonym
– GreenWriter
Nov 4 '16 at 1:17
add a comment |
10-12 is a tween: short form of tweenager (ˈtwēnˌājər)
noun informal
a preteen or a young teenager.
"the hot Nickelodeon show for tweenagers" -- Google
So perhaps you could coin pretween, meaning younger than a tween.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
DrewDrew
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10-12 is a tween: short form of tweenager (ˈtwēnˌājər)
noun informal
a preteen or a young teenager.
"the hot Nickelodeon show for tweenagers" -- Google
So perhaps you could coin pretween, meaning younger than a tween.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
DrewDrew
14k93056
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10-12 is a tween: short form of tweenager (ˈtwēnˌājər)
noun informal
a preteen or a young teenager.
"the hot Nickelodeon show for tweenagers" -- Google
So perhaps you could coin pretween, meaning younger than a tween.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
DrewDrew
14k93056
10-12 is a tween: short form of tweenager (ˈtwēnˌājər)
noun informal
a preteen or a young teenager.
"the hot Nickelodeon show for tweenagers" -- Google
So perhaps you could coin pretween, meaning younger than a tween.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
DrewDrew
14k93056
answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
DrewDrew
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answered Nov 3 '16 at 1:18
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Younger than ten? - a newborn baby? an infant? a tiny tot? a toddler? a child? a kid?
– Centaurus
Nov 2 '16 at 23:49
@Centaurus I am looking for a formal term for students in elementary schools. I mean "teenager" is formal to middle/high school students and I want an analogous term for younger people.
– cr001
Nov 3 '16 at 0:04
There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:38
(Note that "teenager" means those between 13 and 19, inclusive.)
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 0:39
teenage: between 13 and 19 years old.
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 '16 at 1:43