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{{also|adùlt}}

==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}
From {{uder|en|fr|adulte}},  from {{uder|en|la|adultus|id=grown-up||grown up}}, perfect passive participle of {{m|la|adolescō||I grow up}}. Compare {{m|en|adolescent}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæd.ʌlt/|/ˈæd.əlt/|a=RP,Australia,Canada}}
** {{audio|en|En-gb-adult.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈdʌlt/|/ˈæd.əlt/|a=US,Canada}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-adult.ogg|a=US}}
** {{audio|en|en-ca-adult.opus|a=CA|IPA=/ˈæd.əlt/}}
** {{audio|en|en-ca-adult-variant.ogg|a=CA|IPA=/əˈdʌlt/}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌlt|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[fully]] [[grown]] [[human]] or other [[animal]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1840|author=w:Georges Cuvier; Edward Blyth; Robert Mudie; George Johnston; J.O. Westwood|title=Cuvier's Animal Kingdom|page=286|text=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|chapter=The fourth order of reptiles—The batrachians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgVbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA286}}
# A person who has reached the legal [[age of majority]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|fully grown human or other animal}} {{l|en|grown up}}; see also [[Thesaurus:adult]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fully grown human}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|grootmens}}, {{t|af|volwassene}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|rritur|m|alt=i rritur}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|بَالِغ|m}}, {{t+|ar|رَاشِد|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մեծահասակ}}, {{t+|hy|չափահաս}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|adultu|m}}, {{t|ast|adulta|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|[[yaşlı]] [[adam]]}}, {{t|az|yetkin}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|даро́слы|m}}, {{t|be|даро́слая|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зрастен|m}}, {{t+|bg|въ́зрастна|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လူကြီး}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adult|m}}, {{t+|ca|adulta|f}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|mkulu}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|大人|tr=daai6 jan4}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|成人|tr=chéngrén}}, {{t+|cmn|大人|tr=dàrén}}, {{t+|cmn|成年|tr=chéngnián}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dospělý|m}} {{q|cf. {{t+|cs|dospělák|m}}}}, {{t|cs|dospělá|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|voksen|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|volwassene|m|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|adolto}}, {{t|eo|viradolto}} {{q|male}}, {{t|eo|adoltino}} {{q|female}}, {{t|eo|plenkreskulo}}, {{t|eo|virplenkreskulo}} {{q|male}}, {{t|eo|plenkreskulino}} {{q|female}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|täiskasvanu}}, {{t|et|täisealine}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aikuinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|adulte|m|f}}, {{t+|fr|grande personne|f}}, {{t+|fr|grand|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|adulto|m}}, {{t|gl|adulta|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ზრდასრული}}, {{t|ka|სრულწლოვანი}}, {{t|ka|მოწიფული}}, {{t|ka|მოზრდილი}}, {{t|ka|ზრდადამთავრებული}}, {{t|ka|სრულასაკოვანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Erwachsener|m}}, {{t+|de|Erwachsene|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ενήλικας|m|f}}, {{t+|el|ενήλικος|m|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|granmoun}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מבוגר|m|tr=mevugár|alt=מבוגר \ מְבֻגָּר}}, {{t|he|מבוגרת|f|tr=mevugéret|alt=מבוגרת \ מְבֻגֶּרֶת}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|वयस्क|m}}, {{t|hi|बालिग़}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felnőtt}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|fullorðinn|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|adulto}}, {{t+|io|adultulo}} {{q|male}}, {{t+|io|adultino}} {{q|female}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|dewasa}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|duine fásta|m}}, {{t|ga|duine aosach|m}}, {{t+|ga|duine|m}}, {{t|ga|aosach|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adulto|m}}, {{t+|it|adulta|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|成人|tr=せいじん, seijin}}, {{t+|ja|大人|tr=おとな, otona}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|үлкен}}, {{t+|kk|ересек}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|មនុស្សពេញវ័យ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|성인(成人)}}, {{t+|ko|어른}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|mirovê gihîştî|n}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|бойго жеткен}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຜູ້ໃຫຍ່}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|adultus|m}}, {{t|la|adulta|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pieaugušais|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|suaugęs|m}}, {{t|lt|suaugusi|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|возрасен|m}}, {{t|mk|возрасна|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|dewasa}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pakeke}}, {{t|mi|paheke}} {{q|refers to people}}, {{t|mi|kātua}} {{q|refers to animals}}, {{t|mi|pāhake}}
* Mirandese: {{t|mwl|adulto|m}}, {{t|mwl|adulta|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|voksen|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|vaksen|m|f}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|adulte}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ପ୍ରାପ୍ତବୟସ୍କ}}
* Okinawan: {{t|ryu|大人|tr=うふっちゅ, ufutchu}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|بالغ|m|tr=bāleǧ}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|بزرگسال|tr=bozorgsâl}}, {{t+|fa|بالغ|tr=bâleğ}}, {{t|fa|کلانسال|tr=kalânsâl}} {{qualifier|Dari}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dorosły|m}}, {{t|pl|dorosła|f}}, {{t|pl|osoba dorosła|f}} {{qualifier|generally}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adulto|m}}, {{t+|pt|adulta|f}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|adùlt|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adult|m}}, {{t+|ro|adultă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|взро́слый|m}}, {{t+|ru|взро́слая|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|प्रौढ|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|о̀дра̄стао|m}}, {{t|sh|пу̏нолетан|m}}, {{t|sh|пу̏нољетан|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|òdrāstao|m}}, {{t+|sh|pȕnoletan|m}}, {{t+|sh|pȕnoljetan|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|වැඩිහිටියා}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dospelý|m}}, {{t|sk|dospelá|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|odrasel|m}}, {{t|sl|odrasla|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adulto|m}}, {{t+|es|adulta|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mtu mzima}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vuxen|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|maygulang}}, {{t|tl|nasagulang}}, {{t|tl|adulto}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|болиғ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ผู้ใหญ่}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|orotstse}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yetişkin}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|доро́слий|m}}, {{t|uk|доро́сла|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بالِغ|tr=bāliġ}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|[[katta]] [[yoshli]]}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|người lớn}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|daülan}}, {{t|vo|hidaülan}} {{q|male}}, {{t|vo|jidaülan}} {{q|female}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|oedolyn|m}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|àgbàlagbà}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Fully grown.
#: {{co|en|an '''adult''' human, animal, or plant}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1837|author=Michael Donovan|title=Domestic Economy: Human Food, Animal and Vegetable|page=86|text=The paws of the '''adult''' brown bear, and also their hams, especially when smoked, are considered a great delicacy.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XgFwPb6exEC&pg=PA86}}
# Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
#: {{co|en|'''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.
## Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
##: {{co|en|'''adult''' situations; '''adult''' discussions}}
## {{lb|en|of a beverage}} Containing [[alcohol]], intended for consumption only by adults.
##: {{co|en|an '''adult''' drink; an '''adult''' [[root beer float]]}}
## {{lb|en|of a [[cookie]], [[gummy]], etc.}} Containing [[marijuana]], intended for consumption only by adults.
##: {{co|en|an '''adult''' cookie; '''adult''' [[gummy worm]]s}}
## Containing [[material]] of an explicit [[sexual]] nature; [[pornographic]].
##: {{co|en|an '''adult''' movie}}
##: {{ux|en|This program contains '''adult''' content. Parental discretion is advised.}}
## Containing excessive [[vulgar]] or [[profane]] [[speech]], [[text]] or [[image]]s, intended only for adults.
##: {{co|en|'''adult''' language; an '''adult''' cartoon}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|fully grown}} {{l|en|big}}, {{l|en|fully grown}}, {{l|en|grown up}}; see also [[Thesaurus:full-grown]]
* {{sense|intended for adults}} {{l|en|grown up}}; see also [[Thesaurus:adultlike]] or [[Thesaurus:for adults]]
* {{sense|containing explicit sexual material}} {{l|en|pornographic}}, {{l|en|X-rated}}, {{l|en|XXX}}, {{l|en|XXXX}}; see also [[Thesaurus:pornographic]]
* {{sense|vulgar}} {{l|en|blue}}, {{l|en|indecent}}, {{l|en|obscene}}, {{l|en|salacious}}; see also [[Thesaurus:obscene]]

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|adult actress
|adult baby
|adult beverage
|adult bookstore
|adultcentrism
|adult contemporary
|adult content
|adult education
|adultescent
|adult film
|adulticide
|adultification
|adultify
|adultish
|adultism
|adultivity
|adultization
|adultize
|adult learner
|adultlike
|adultly
|adult material
|adult movie
|adultness
|adultocentric
|adultoid
|adult-onset diabetes
|adultophile
|adult relations
|adult respiratory distress syndrome
|adultship
|adult shop
|adultspeak
|adult star
|adult survivor
|adult third culture kid
|adultwear
|adulty
|appropriate adult
|consenting adult
|emerging adult
|hyperadult
|kidult
|new adult
|nonadult
|older adult
|preadult
|pseudoadult
|subadult
|unadult
|young adult
|Disney adult
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|adolescent}}
* {{l|en|adulthood}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fully grown}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|volwasse}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հասուն}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|adultu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|даро́слы}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зрастен}}, {{t+|bg|пълноле́тен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adult}}
* Central Sierra Miwok: {{t|csm|ˀypé·la-}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|成人|tr=chéngrén}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dospělý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|volwassen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plenkreska}}, {{t|eo|adolta}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|täiskasvanu}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aikuinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|adulte}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|adulto}}
* German: {{t+|de|erwachsen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἁδρός}}, {{t|grc|τέλειος|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|वयस्क|sc=Deva}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fásta}}, {{t|ga|aosach}}, {{t|ga|aosaithe}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adulto|m}}, {{t+|it|adulta|f}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|кәмелеттік}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|다 자란}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pubēs}}, {{t|la|puber}}, {{t+|la|adultus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pieaudzis}}
* Mirandese: {{t|mwl|adulto|m}}, {{t|mwl|adulta|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dorosły|m}}, {{t|pl|dorosła|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adulto}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|adùlt}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adult}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|взро́слый}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|वृद्ध}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dospelý}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|odrasel}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adulto}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vuxen}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|adulto}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|śrāy}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yetişkin}}, {{t+|tr|ergin}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|доро́слий|sc=Cyrl}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trưởng thành}} ({{t|vi|長成|sc=Hani}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|daülik}} {{q|cf. [[daül]]}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|mewn oed}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|intended for adults}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|за възрастни}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[aikuinen|aikuis]]-}}, {{t|fi|[[aikuisille]] [[suunnattu]]}}
* German: {{t|de|[[für]] [[Erwachsene]]}} {{qualifier|postpositioned}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|aosach|m}}, {{t|ga|d'aosaigh}}
* Italian: {{t|it|per adulti}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|성인|alt=성인의}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|[[за]] [[возрасни]]}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|dla dorosłych}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[для]] [[взрослый|взро́слых]]}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Roman: {{t|sh|za odrasle}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|vuxen-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yetişkin}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|(i) oedolion}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|euphemistic: pornographic}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To behave like an adult.
#:{{usex|en|'''Adulting''' is hard!}}
# {{senseid|en|maturation}}{{lb|en|nonstandard|rare}} To (cause to) be or become an [[#Noun|adult]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1974|journal=Occasional Papers|publisher=Syracuse University|issue=42-46|page=5
|passage=Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "'''adulted'''"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Ewa Rewers|title=The Contradictions of Urban Art|isbn=364390374X|page=84|passage=The process of '''adulting''' children{{...}} overlaps with the process of the uncontrolled infiltration of the media{{...}} into children’s imagination.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adltu|talud}}

{{C|en|Age|People}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|la|adultus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# {{l|en|adult}} {{gloss|fully grown}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|adultesa}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m|f=+}}

# {{l|en|adult}} {{gloss|fully grown person}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}

{{C|ca|Age}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-adult.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj}}

# {{lb|de|medicine}} adult

====Declension====
{{de-adecl}}

===See also===
* {{l|de|erwachsen}}
* {{l|de|Erwachsener}}, {{l|de|Erwachsene}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|adulte}}, from {{der|ro|la|adultus|t=grown up}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/aˈdult/}}

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj|4}}

# [[adult#Adjective|adult]]

====Declension====
{{ro-adj-4|mp=adulți}}

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|m|adulți|f=adultă}}

# [[adult#Noun|adult]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-m|pl=adulți}}

{{C|ro|Age|People}}