maturity

English

Etymology

From Middle English maturitee, maturyte, from Old French maturité, from Latin mātūritātem. By surface analysis, mature +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈt͡ʃʊəɹəti/, /məˈtjʊəɹəti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈtʊəɹəti/

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Noun

maturity (countable and uncountable, plural maturities)

1. The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.

   Some foods and drinks, like wine, only reach their full taste at maturity, which literally comes at a price.

   The ability to take responsibility is a sign of maturity.

2. When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.

   The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate.

   Some insect species reach sexual maturity well before their own bodily maturity

3. (countable, finance, insurance) The state of a debt obligation at the end of the term of maturation thereof, once all interest and any applicable fees have accrued to the principal.
4. (countable, finance, insurance) Date when payment is due.

   The note was cashed at maturity.

Synonyms

• matureness
• ripeness
• adulthood
• (finance) due date

Antonyms

• naïveté
• immaturity

Derived terms

• maturity date
• sexual maturity
• yield to maturity

 

Related terms

• maturation

Translations

state of being mature, ready or ripe

• Arabic: نَضْج m (naḍj)
• Azerbaijani: yetkinlik
• Bulgarian: зрялост (bg) f (zrjalost)
• Catalan: maduresa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成熟 (zh) (chéngshú, chéngshóu)

• Dutch: maturiteit (nl), rijpheid (nl)
• Esperanto: matureco
• Finnish: kypsyys (fi)
• French: maturité (fr) f
• Georgian: სიმწიფე (simc̣ipe)
• German: Reife (de) f
• Greek: ωριμότητα (el) f (orimótita)
• Irish: aibíocht f, lánaibíocht f, foirfeacht f, abúlacht f
• Italian: maturità (it) f
• Japanese: 成熟 (ja) (seijuku)
• Kazakh: кәмелет (kämelet)
• Latin: mātūritās f
• Manx: appeeid m, appeeys m
• Ottoman Turkish: استوا (istiva)
• Polish: dojrzałość (pl) f
• Portuguese: maturidade (pt) f
• Romanian: maturitate (ro) f
• Russian: зре́лость (ru) f (zrélostʹ)
• Slovene: zrelost f
• Spanish: madurez (es) f
• Swedish: mogenhet (sv) c
• Telugu: పరిపక్వత (te) (paripakvata)
• Turkish: olgunluk (tr)

when bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin

• Azerbaijani: yetişkənlik
• Bulgarian: зрялост (bg) f (zrjalost)
• Catalan: maduresa (ca) f
• Dutch: maturiteit (nl), geslachtsrijpheid, volwassenheid (nl), wasdom (nl) m
• Finnish: täysikasvuisuus (fi), sukukypsyys
• Greek: ωριμότητα (el) f (orimótita)
• Hebrew: בַּגְרוּת (he) f (bagrút)
• Irish: foirfeacht f
• Kazakh: кәмелет (kämelet)
• Manx: appeeid m, appeeys m
• Polish: dojrzałość (pl) f, dorosłość (pl) f
• Portuguese: maturidade (pt) f
• Romanian: maturitate (ro) f
• Slovene: odraslost f
• Swedish: mognad (sv) c
• Telugu: పరిపక్వత (te) (paripakvata)
• Turkish: yetişkinlik (tr)

ready for execution or coming due

• Bulgarian: падеж (bg) m (padež)
• Dutch: vervaldag (nl), betaaldatum (nl)
• Finnish: eräpäivä (fi), maturiteetti (fi)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} appeeid m, ^{(please verify)} appeeys m
• Slovene: zapadlost f
• Spanish: vencimiento (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} maturité (fr)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} abaichead m, ^{(please verify)} foirfeachd f, ^{(please verify)} inbhe f, ^{(please verify)} inbheachd f, ^{(please verify)} ìre f, ^{(please verify)} iomlanachd f