age of consent

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Noun

age of consent (plural ages of consent)

1. (law) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.

   In France the age of consent is 15 years of age, in Italy and Germany is 14 years old, in Spain and UK is 16 years old, and in 12 American states is 18 years old.

Translations

an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex

• Afrikaans: ouderdom van toestemming
• Albanian: mosha e pëlqimit
• Amharic: የፍቺ ዕድሜ (yäfči ʿədme)
• Armenian: համաձայնության տարիքը (hamajaynutʻyan tarikʻə)
• Azerbaijani: razılıq yaşı
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同意年齡／同意年龄 (tóngyì niánlíng)

• Danish: seksuel lavalder c
• Finnish: suojaikäraja (fi)
• French: majorité sexuelle (fr) f
• Georgian: თანხმობის ასაკი (tanxmobis asaḳi)
• German: Schutzalter n
• Greek: ενηλικιότητα (el) f (enilikiótita)
• Hebrew: גיל ההסכמה m (gil hahaskamah)
• Hungarian: beleegyezési korhatár
• Icelandic: samræðisaldur m, lögríða (informal), lögriðilsaldur m (informal)
• Italian: età del consenso f
• Japanese: 性的同意年齢 (せいてきどういねんれい, seiteki dōi nenrei)
• Kazakh: келісім жасына (kelısım jasyna)
• Kyrgyz: макулдугу жашы (makuldugu jaşı)
• Norwegian: seksuell lavalder m
• Persian:

  Arabic: سن قانونی

• Polish: wiek przyzwolenia m inan
• Portuguese: idade de consentimento f
• Romanian: vârstă de consimțământ f
• Russian: во́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия m (vózrast sɛksuálʹnovo soglásija)
• Spanish: edad de consentimiento f
• Swedish: sexuell myndighetsålder c
• Tagalog: gulang ng pagpayag
• Tajik: синну соли розигӣ (sinnu soli rozigī)
• Turkish: reşitlik yaşı
• Uzbek: rozilik yoshi

See also

• age of majority
• have sex
• statutory rape
• jailbait

Further reading

• “age of consent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• age of consent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A map of ages of consent of various countries.