adult

English

Etymology

French adulte, Latin adultus (“grown up”), past participle of adolescere (“to grow up”); see adolescent.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈædl̩t/, /əˈdʌlt/, /ˈæɾʌlt/
• Homophones: addled

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• Rhymes: -ʌlt

Noun

adult (plural adults)

1. A fully grown human or animal.
2. A person who lives outside the parental home.
3. (improper usage) A person whose parents are deceased.

Derived terms

• adultness

Translations

fully grown human

Arabic: بالغ (ar) (baaligh) m., راشد (ar) (raashid) m. Armenian: մեծահասակ (hy) (meçahasak), չափահաս (hy) (čapahas) Chinese: Mandarin: 成人 (cmn) (chéngrén), 大人 (cmn) (dàrén) Croatian: punoljetstvo Czech: dospělý (cs) m. Danish: voksen (da) Dutch: volwassene (nl) Finnish: aikuinen (fi) French: adulte (fr) m. and f. German: Erwachsener (de) m., Erwachsene (de) f. Greek: ενήλικας (el) Hebrew: מבוגר (he) (mevugar) m., מבוגרת (he) (mevugeret) f. Hindi: वयस्क (hi) (vayask) m. Hungarian: felnőtt (hu) Icelandic: fullorðinn (is) m. Ido: adulto Italian: adulto (it) m., adulta (it) f.

Japanese: 成人 (ja) (せいじん, seijin), 大人 (ja) (おとな, otona) Korean: 성인 (ko) (seong-in) (成人 (ko)) Novial: adulte Oriya: ପ୍ରାପ୍ତବୟସ୍କ (or) Persian: بزرگسال (fa) (bozorgsâl) Polish: dorosły m. Portuguese: adulto (pt) Romanian: adult m., adultă f. Russian: взрослый (ru) (vzróslyj) Serbian: odrastao, punoletan Sinhalese: වැඩිහිටියා (si) Spanish: adulto (es) m., adulta (es) f. Swahili: mtu mzima (sw) Swedish: vuxen (sv) Thai: ผู้ใหญ่ (th) (pôo yài) Turkish: yetişkin (tr) Vietnamese: người lớn (vi)

Adjective

adult (comparative more adult, superlative most adult)

1. Of a human or animal, fully grown.
2. Intended for adults rather than children.

   adult clothes

3. Containing material or concerning subjects unsuitable (especially sexually) for children

Synonyms

• (fully grown): big, fully grown, grown up
• (unsuitable for children): blue, dirty, lewd, obscene, pornographic, X-rated, XXX, XXXX

Related terms

• adolescent
• adulthood

Translations

fully grown

Armenian: հասուն (hy) (hasun) Bulgarian: възрастен (bg), пълнолетен (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 成人 (zh) Czech: dospělý (cs) French: adulte (fr) m. and f. German: erwachsen (de) Italian: adulto (it) m., adulta (it) f. Novial: adulti

Polish: dorosły m., dorosła f. Portuguese: adulto (pt) Romanian: adult (ro) Russian: взрослый (ru) m. Spanish: adulto (es) Swedish: vuxen (sv) Turkish: yetişkin (tr), ergin (tr)

intended for adults

Bulgarian: за възрастни (bg) French: pour les adultes German: für Erwachsene Italian: per adulti

Novial: por adultes Swedish: vuxen- (sv) Turkish: yetişkin (tr)

pornographic — see pornographic

External links

• adult in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• adult in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Romanian

Etymology

French adulte, Latin adultus

Adjective

adult ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. adult

Declension

singular		plural
masculine & neuter	feminine	masculine	feminine & neuter
adult	adultă	adulți	adulte

Noun

adult m. (plural adulți; feminine equivalent adultă)

1. adult

Declension

declension of adult

	singular		plural
gender m.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un adult	adultul	niște adulți	adulții
genitive/dative	unui adult	adultului	unor adulți	adulților