age of consent

See also: age-of-consent

English

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.

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, 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)
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• Hebrew: גיל ההסכמה m (gil hahaskamah)
• Icelandic: samræðisaldur m, lögriðilsaldur m (used colloquially and jokingly)
• 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
• Russian: во́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия m (vózrast sɛksuálʹnovo soglásija)
• 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.
• Template:projectlink
• A map of ages of consent of various countries.