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

• Audio (US)

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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.

Derived terms

• adultness

Translations

fully grown human

• Arabic: بالغ (ar) (baaligh) m, راشد (ar) (raashid) m
• Armenian: մեծահասակ (hy) (meçahasak), չափահաս (hy) (čapahas)
• Catalan: adult (ca)
• 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) (enílikas)
• 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))
• Lao: ຜູ້ໃຫ່ຍ (lo)
• Norwegian: voksen (no)
• Novial: adulte
• Oriya: ପ୍ରାପ୍ତବୟସ୍କ (or)
• Persian: بزرگسال (fa) (bozorgsâl)
• Polish: dorosły m
• Portuguese: adulto (pt)
• Romanian: adult m, adultă f
• Russian: взро́слый (ru) (vzróslyj)
• Serbian: odrastao, punoletan
• Sinhalese: වැඩිහිටියා (si) (væḍihiṭiyā)
• 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 of an explicit sexual nature

   adult content

   an adult movie

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) (vǎzrasten), пълнолетен (bg) (pǎlnoleten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成人 (cmn)

• 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: взро́слый (ru) (vzróslyj)
• Spanish: adulto (es)
• Swedish: vuxen (sv)
• Turkish: yetişkin (tr), ergin (tr)

intended for adults

• Bulgarian: за възрастни (bg) (za vǎzrastni)
• 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