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The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- In France the age of consent is 15 years of age.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: age, eld
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
ouderdom van toestemming
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Albanian:
mosha e pëlqimit
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Amharic:
የፍቺ ዕድሜ
(yäfči ʿədme)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Armenian:
համաձայնության տարիքը
(hamajaynutʻyan tarikʻə)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Azerbaijani:
razılıq yaşı
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Chinese Mandarin:
同意年齡 /同意年龄
(tóngyì niánlíng)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Chinese Mandarin:
性同意年齡 /性同意年龄
(xìngtóngyì niánlíng)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Danish:
seksuel lavalder
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Finnish:
suojaikäraja
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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French:
majorité sexuelle
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Georgian:
თანხმობის ასაკი
(tanxmobis asaḳi)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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German:
Schutzalter
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Greek:
ενηλικιότητα
(enilikiótita)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Hebrew:
גיל ההסכמה
(gil hahaskamah)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Hungarian:
beleegyezési korhatár
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Icelandic:
samræðisaldur
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Icelandic:
lögríða
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Icelandic:
lögriðilsaldur
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Italian:
età del consenso
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Japanese:
性的同意年齢
(seiteki dōi nenrei)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Kazakh:
келісім жасына
(kelısım jasyna)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Kyrgyz:
макулдугу жашы
(makuldugu jaşı)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Norwegian:
seksuell lavalder
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Persian:
سن قانونی
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Polish:
wiek przyzwolenia
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Portuguese:
idade de consentimento
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Romanian:
vârstă de consimțământ
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Russian:
во́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия
(vózrast sɛksuálʹnovo soglásija)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Spanish:
edad de consentimiento
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Swedish:
sexuell myndighetsålder
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Tagalog:
gulang ng pagpayag
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Tajik:
синну соли розигӣ
(sinnu sol-i rozigi)
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Turkish:
reşitlik yaşı
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Uzbek:
rozilik yoshi
— an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex