adolescent

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English

Etymology

First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăd'əlĕsʹənt, IPA^(key): /ˌædəˈlɛsənt/

Adjective

adolescent (comparative more adolescent, superlative most adolescent)

2. Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

Derived terms

Related terms

• adolescence
• adult

Translations

Noun

adolescent (plural adolescents)

2. A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

Translations

Further reading

• “adolescent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “adolescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “adolescent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses, (2012) , World Health Organization

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adulēscentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ðu.ləˈsen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðo.ləˈsent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðo.leˈsent]

Adjective

adolescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescents)

1. adolescent

Noun

adolescent m or f by sense (plural adolescents)

1. teenager

Related terms

• adolescència

Further reading

• “adolescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈadolɛst͡sɛnt]
• Hyphenation: ado‧les‧cent

Noun

adolescent m anim (female equivalent adolescentka)

1. adolescent

   Synonyms: dospívající, puberťák

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “adolescent”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French adolescent, from Latin adolēscēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.doː.ləˈsɛnt/
• Hyphenation: ado‧les‧cent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

adolescent m or f (plural adolescenten, diminutive adolescentje n)

1. adolescent

   Synonym: jongere

Derived terms

• adolescentie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: adolesen

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscentem, present participle of adolēscō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃/

Adjective

adolescent (feminine adolescente, masculine plural adolescents, feminine plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent

Noun

adolescent m (plural adolescents, feminine adolescente)

1. adolescent

Related terms

• adolescence
• adulte

Further reading

• “adolescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

adolēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of adolēscō

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscēns. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔˈlɛs.t͡sɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛst͡sɛnt
• Syllabification: a‧do‧les‧cent

Noun

adolescent m pers

1. adolescent (a person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko

Declension

Related terms

References

Further reading

• adolescent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• adolescent in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adolescent.

Noun

adolescent m (plural adolescenți)

1. teenager

Declension