adult

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links 2 Romanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Declension 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin adultus (“‘grown up’”), pp. of adolescere (“‘to grow up’”); see adolescent.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• adultness

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[edit] 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. Of a film, etc, pornographic.

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Related terms

• adolescent
• adulthood

[edit] Translations

[edit] 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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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

French adulte, Latin adultus

[edit] Adjective

adult ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. adult

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Noun

adult m. (plural adulţi; feminine equivalent adultă)

1. adult

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