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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
teen /tiːn/ informal

▶adjective relating to teenagers. ▶noun a teenager.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-teen/tiːn/

▶suffix forming the names of numerals from 13 to 19: fourteen.

– origin OE, inflected form of ten.

'teen' also found in these Oxford entries:

eighteen - fifteen - fourteen - nineteen - sixteen - -teen - teens - thirteen - umpteen

Forum discussions with the word(s) "teen" in the title:

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Nirvana's "Smells like teen spirit"
Shifting stress within words ('fourteen vs four'teen)
Something teen?
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