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The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hog age, teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom
Antonyms: none provided
in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immaturity, immatureness
the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time of life
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
Across languages
Translations 71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مُرَاهَقَة
(murāhaqa)
— period between childhood and maturity
Armenian :
պատանեկություն
(patanekutʻyun)
— period between childhood and maturity
Asturian :
adolescencia
— period between childhood and maturity
Belarusian :
юна́цтва
(junáctva)
— period between childhood and maturity
Belarusian :
маладо́сць
(maladóscʹ)
— period between childhood and maturity
Bulgarian :
юношество
(junošestvo)
— period between childhood and maturity
Catalan :
adolescència
— period between childhood and maturity
Chinese :
siàu-liân-kî
— period between childhood and maturity
Chinese Mandarin :
青少年
(qīngshàonián)
— period between childhood and maturity
Cornish :
lanketh
— period between childhood and maturity
Czech :
dospívání
— period between childhood and maturity
Danish :
opvækst
— period between childhood and maturity
Esperanto :
plenkreskiĝeco
— period between childhood and maturity
Esperanto :
adolesko
— period between childhood and maturity
Estonian :
noorukiiga
— period between childhood and maturity
Finnish :
murrosikä
— period between childhood and maturity
Finnish :
nuoruusikä
— period between childhood and maturity
Finnish :
nuoruus
— period between childhood and maturity
French :
adolescence
— period between childhood and maturity
Galician :
adolescencia
— period between childhood and maturity
German :
Adoleszenz
— period between childhood and maturity
German :
Pubertät
— period between childhood and maturity
German :
Flegeljahre
— period between childhood and maturity
German :
Flegelalter
— period between childhood and maturity
Greek :
εφηβεία
(efiveía)
— period between childhood and maturity
Ancient Greek :
ἥβη
(hḗbē)
— period between childhood and maturity
Ancient Greek :
ἐφηβεία
(ephēbeía)
— period between childhood and maturity
Hebrew :
גיל ההתבגרות
(gil ha'hitbagrut)
— period between childhood and maturity
Hungarian :
kamaszkor
— period between childhood and maturity
Ido :
adoleco
— period between childhood and maturity
Indonesian :
adolesens
— period between childhood and maturity
Irish :
óige
— period between childhood and maturity
Irish :
ógántacht
— period between childhood and maturity
Italian :
adolescenza
— period between childhood and maturity
Japanese :
青年期
(seinenki)
— period between childhood and maturity
Kabuverdianu :
mosindadi
— period between childhood and maturity
Korean :
청년기
(cheongnyeon'gi)
— period between childhood and maturity
Korean :
청춘기
(cheongchun'gi)
— period between childhood and maturity
Macedonian :
малоле́тство
(malolétstvo)
— period between childhood and maturity
Māori :
taiohinga
— period between childhood and maturity
Māori :
taitamarikitanga
— period between childhood and maturity
Norwegian Bokmål :
oppvekst
— period between childhood and maturity
Norwegian Nynorsk :
oppvekst
— period between childhood and maturity
Norwegian Nynorsk :
oppvokster
— period between childhood and maturity
Polish :
dojrzewanie
— period between childhood and maturity
Polish :
młodość
— period between childhood and maturity
Polish :
adolescencja
— period between childhood and maturity
Portuguese :
adolescência
— period between childhood and maturity
Romanian :
adolescență
— period between childhood and maturity
Russian :
ю́ность
(júnostʹ)
— period between childhood and maturity
Russian :
мо́лодость
(mólodostʹ)
— period between childhood and maturity
Russian :
о́трочество
(ótročestvo)
— period between childhood and maturity
Scottish Gaelic :
òige
— period between childhood and maturity
Serbo-Croatian :
адолесцѐнција
— period between childhood and maturity
Serbo-Croatian :
adolescèncija
— period between childhood and maturity
Slovak :
dospievanie
— period between childhood and maturity
Slovene :
mladostništvo
— period between childhood and maturity
Spanish :
adolescencia
— period between childhood and maturity
Telugu :
కౌమారము
(kaumāramu)
— period between childhood and maturity
Turkish :
ergenlik
— period between childhood and maturity
Turkish :
ilk gençlik
— period between childhood and maturity
Turkish :
büluğ
— period between childhood and maturity
Ukrainian :
ю́ність
(júnistʹ)
— period between childhood and maturity
Ukrainian :
мо́лодість
(mólodistʹ)
— period between childhood and maturity
Vietnamese :
thanh thiếu niên
— period between childhood and maturity
Vietnamese :
tuổi thần tiên
— period between childhood and maturity
Vietnamese :
tuổi ô mai
— period between childhood and maturity
Vietnamese :
tuổi teen
— period between childhood and maturity
Volapük :
tidaülatim
— period between childhood and maturity
Welsh :
llencyndod
— period between childhood and maturity
Welsh :
adolesens
— period between childhood and maturity
