English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] come of age third-person singular simple present comes of age present participle coming of age simple past came of age past participle come of age
( idiomatic ) legally considered to be an adult .( idiomatic , by extension) mature , or become fully developed .
2008 BioWare , Mass Effect →ISBN →OCLC Eager to find a better life, you joined the Alliance military when you came of age . You volunteered for an expedition to Akuze: a lush world on the outskirts of Alliance space that had suddenly dropped out of contact.
Translations [ edit ] reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
Arabic: بَلَغَ رُشْدَ هُ ( balaḡa rušdahu )
Azerbaijani: büluğa çatmaq
Chinese:
Mandarin: 成年 (zh) ( chéngnián )
Finnish: tulla täysi-ikäiseksi
French: atteindre la majorité
German: volljährig werden
Greek: ηλικιώνομαι (el) ( ilikiónomai )
Hebrew: התבגר m sg pf ( hitbagér ) , הגיע לבגרות m sg pf ( higía l'vagrút , literally “ to come to adulthood ” ) , הגיע לגיל m sg pf ( higía l'gíl , literally “ to come to age ” ) , נעשה מבוגר m sg pf ( na'asá mevugár , literally “ to become an adult ” )
Hungarian: nagykorú lesz
Ido: adulteskar (io)
Indonesian: berumur (id)
Irish: aosaigh
Italian: diventare maggiorenne
Japanese: 成人 に なる ( seijin ni naru ) , 成人する (ja) ( seijin suru )
Polish: dorastać (pl) impf dorosnąć (pl) pf
Romanian: a ajunge la majorat
Russian: стать совершеннолетним ( statʹ soveršennoletnim ) , достичь совершеннолетия ( dostičʹ soveršennoletija )
Scottish Gaelic: thig gu ìre
Spanish: alcanzar la mayoría de edad
Swedish: bli myndig
Tibetan: ན་ཚོད་དར ( na tshod dar ) , ན་ཚོད་ལོངས ( na tshod longs ) , སྐུ་ན་སོན ( sku na son ) ( honorific )
mature, or become fully developed