mature

See also: mâture

English

Etymology

From Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈtjʊə/, məˈtʃɔː
• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈtʃʊ(ə)ɹ/, /məˈtʃɝ/, /məˈtʊəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Adjective

mature (comparative maturer or more mature, superlative maturest or most mature)

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

   She is quite mature for her age.

2. Profound; careful.

   The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.

3. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

Antonyms

• (grown up): childish, immature
• (profound): superficial

Translations

fully developed

• Arabic: ناضج (naaDij), راشد (raashid), معتق (mu3áttaq)
• Armenian: հասուն (hasun)
• Basque: zori
• Catalan: madur (ca) m, madura (ca) f
• Chamicuro: chelti
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成熟 (zh) (chéngshú), 成長 (zh), 成长 (zh) (chéngzhǎng)

• Czech: dospělý (cs), zralý (cs)
• Esperanto: matura (eo)
• Finnish: kypsä
• French: mûr (fr), mature (fr)
• German: reif (de), gereift
• Irish: foirfe

• Italian: maturo (it)
• Japanese: 成熟 (ja) (せいじゅく, seijuku), 成熟した (ja) (せいじゅくした, seijuku-shita), 円熟した (ja) (えんじゅくした, enjuku-shita), 十分成長した (ja) (じゅうぶんせいちょうした, jūbun seichō-shita)
• Latin: maturus
• Maori: pakeke
• Polish: dojrzały (pl)
• Portuguese: maduro (pt)
• Romanian: matur (ro)
• Russian: зрeлый (zrélyj), взрослый (ru) (vzróslyj), развитой (ru) (razvitój)
• Scottish Gaelic: abaich, inbheach (adult)
• Spanish: maduro (es), (cheese, bacon etc.) curado (es)
• Swedish: mogen (sv)
• Turkish: olgun (tr), yetişkin (tr), ergin (tr), erişkin (tr), reşit (tr), kamil (tr)

profound; careful

• Catalan: madur (ca) m, madura (ca) m, raonat m, raonada m
• Finnish: huolellinen, syvällinen (fi)
• French: mûr (fr) m, mûre (fr) f
• German: reiflich

• Russian: зрeлый (zrélyj), разумный (ru) (razúmnyj), продуманный (ru) (prodúmannyj)
• Spanish: maduro (es)
• Swedish: mogen (sv)

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• Dutch: volwassen (1)

Verb

mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)

1. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
2. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
3. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due

Derived terms

• mature up

Translations

to become mature; to ripen

• Arabic: ناضج ((nadhej))
• Catalan: madurar (ca)
• Dutch: rijpen (nl), volwassen worden
• Finnish: kypsyä (fi)
• French: mûrir (fr), arriver à maturité, (cheese) s'affiner
• German: reifen (de)

• Italian: maturare (it)
• Portuguese: amadurecer (pt)
• Spanish: madurar (es)
• Swedish: mogna (sv)
• Turkish: olgunlaşmak (tr), erginleşmek (tr), oldurmak (tr), tekamül etmek, vadesi gelmek (tr)

to gain experience or wisdom with age

• Catalan: madurar (ca)
• Finnish: kypsyä (fi)
• French: mûrir (fr), devenir mature

• Ido: adulteskar (io)
• Spanish: madurar (es)
• Swedish: mogna (sv)

to reach the date when payment is due

• Catalan: vencer m
• Dutch: vervallen (nl)

• French: arriver à échéance
• Spanish: (intransitive) vencer (es)

Related terms

• matureness
• maturity

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French

Adjective

mature (masculine and feminine, plural matures)

1. (of a person) mature

External links

• “mature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Adjective

mature f pl

1. feminine plural of maturo

Anagrams

• murate
• mutare
• muterà

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Latin

Adjective

mātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of mātūrus

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Portuguese

Verb

mature

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of maturar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of maturar
3. third-person singular imperative of maturar