How to Pronounce "the tender age of"
expression
thuh TEN-der AYJ uhv
thuh TEN-duh AYJ ov
Definition
A phrase used to emphasize that someone was very young when they did something or when something happened to them.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈtɛndɝ/ /ˈeɪdʒ/ /ˈəv
British English
ðə, ði/ /tˈɛndɐ/ /ˈeɪdʒ/ /ˈɒv
Simplified Pronunciation
US
thuh TEN-der AYJ uhv
UK
thuh TEN-duh AYJ ov
Listen in Context
She started playing piano at the tender age of four.
He learned to swim at the tender age of six.
At the tender age of eight, she wrote her first story.
He moved to a new country at the tender age of ten, knowing almost no one.