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    From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“I grow up”). Compare adolescent.

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    adult (plural adults)

    1. An animal that is full-grown.
      • 1840, Georges Cuvier, Edward Blyth, Robert Mudie, George Johnston, J.O. Westwood, “The fourth order of reptiles—The batrachians”, in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom‎[1], page 286:
        The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form
    2. A person who has reached the legal age of majority.

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    Adjective

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    adult (comparative more adult, superlative most adult)

    1. Fully grown.
      an adult human, animal, or plant
      • 1837, Michael Donovan, Domestic Economy: Human Food, Animal and Vegetable‎[2], page 86:
        The paws of the adult brown bear, and also their hams, especially when smoked, are considered a great delicacy.
    2. Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
      adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary
      • 1973, Marshall Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn, Children and the urban environment (page 21)
        In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment.
      1. Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
        adult situations; adult discussions
      2. (of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.
        an adult drink; an adult root beer float
      3. (of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults.
        an adult cookie; adult gummy worms
      4. Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic.
        an adult movie
        This program contains adult content. Parental discretion is advised.
      5. Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.
        adult language; an adult cartoon
      6. Intended for, or restricted to, those who are not young children.
        an adult menu; an adult fare
        Children go free, but for those 12 and up, you must purchase an adult ticket.
        • 2007, Dublin‎[3], Explorer Publishing & Distribution, →ISBN, page 200:
          The Storehouse is open daily from 09:30 to 17:00, except for during July and August when it stays open until 19:00. Adult admission is €14, children under 12 pay €5, and children under 6 go free. You get a 10% discount if you book online.
        • 2012, Deron R. Hicks, Secrets of Shakespeare's Grave, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 32:
          At the far end of the table and almost immediately opposite her father sat Colophon. Next to her sat her cousin Jules, who had turned twelve the preceding year and was therefore enjoying his second year at the adult table.
        • 2020, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, “Frayed Towel Made Holy: Prayer [Rug] for This Nonbeliever”, in Khaled Mattawa, Pauline Kaldas, editor, Beyond Memory: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction, University of Arkansas Press, →ISBN, page 248:
          A few days later, we had finished a day of sunbathing and oscillating between the kiddie pool and the adult pool, always settling for the latter after one too many baby Hamoudies had taken a shit in the pool.

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    adult (third-person singular simple present adults, present participle adulting, simple past and past participle adulted)

    1. (intransitive, slang) To behave like an adult.
      Adulting is hard!
    3. (nonstandard, rare) To (cause to) be or become an adult.
      • 1974, Occasional Papers, numbers 42-46, Syracuse University, page 5:
        Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]
      • 2013, Ewa Rewers, The Contradictions of Urban Art, →ISBN, page 84:
        The process of adulting children […] overlaps with the process of the uncontrolled infiltration of the media […] into children’s imagination.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adult.

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin adultus.

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    adult (feminine adulta, masculine plural adults, feminine plural adultes)

    1. adult (fully grown)

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    Noun

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    adult m (plural adults, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultes)

    1. adult (fully grown person)

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    adult (strong nominative masculine singular adulter, not comparable)

    1. (medicine) adult

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    Positive forms of adult (uncomparable)
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist adult sie ist adult es ist adult sie sind adult
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative adulter adulte adultes adulte
    genitive adulten adulter adulten adulter
    dative adultem adulter adultem adulten
    accusative adulten adulte adultes adulte
    weak declension
    (with definite article)     		nominative der adulte die adulte das adulte die adulten
    genitive des adulten der adulten des adulten der adulten
    dative dem adulten der adulten dem adulten den adulten
    accusative den adulten die adulte das adulte die adulten
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein adulter eine adulte ein adultes (keine) adulten
    genitive eines adulten einer adulten eines adulten (keiner) adulten
    dative einem adulten einer adulten einem adulten (keinen) adulten
    accusative einen adulten eine adulte ein adultes (keine) adulten

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”).

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    Adjective

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    adult m or n (feminine singular adultă, masculine plural adulți, feminine/neuter plural adulte)

    1. adult

    Declension

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    Declension of adult
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite adult adultă adulți adulte
    definite adultul adulta adulții adultele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite adult adulte adulți adulte
    definite adultului adultei adulților adultelor

    Noun

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    adult m (plural adulți, feminine equivalent adultă)

    1. adult

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative adult adultul adulți adulții
    genitive-dative adult adultului adulți adulților
    vocative adultule adulților
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