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The age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted or recognized; i.e.; the age where a person ceases to be a minor legally and becomes a legal adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- In Indiana the age of majority is 18 years.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: legal age
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سِنّ الرُّشْد
(sinn ar-rušd)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Azerbaijani:
həddi-büluğ
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Belarusian:
паўнале́цце
(pawnaljéccje)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Bulgarian:
пълноле́тие
(pǎlnolétie)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Catalan:
majoria d'edat
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Chinese Mandarin:
法定年齡 /法定年龄
(fǎdìng niánlíng)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Chinese Mandarin:
成年年齡 /成年年龄
(chéngnián niánlíng)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Chinese Mandarin:
成人年齡 /成人年龄
(chéngrén niánlíng)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Czech:
zletilost
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Czech:
plnoletost
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Danish:
myndighedsalder
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Esperanto:
plenaĝo
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Finnish:
täysi-ikäisyyden ikäraja
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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French:
majorité civile
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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French:
majorité légale
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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German:
Volljährigkeit
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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German:
Volljährigkeitsalter
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Hungarian:
nagykorúság
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Icelandic:
sjálfræðisaldur
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Irish:
aois lánaosta
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Italian:
maggiore età
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Japanese:
法定年齢
(hōteinenrei)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Kalmyk:
нас күцлһн
(nas kütslğn)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Korean:
법정 연령
(beopjeong yeollyeong)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Lithuanian:
pilnametystė
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Macedonian:
полнолетност
(polnoletnost)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Macedonian:
полнолетство
(polnoletstvo)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Norwegian Bokmål:
myndighetsalder
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
myndig alder
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
myndigalder
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Polish:
pełnoletniość
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Polish:
pełnoletność
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Portuguese:
maioridade
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Romanian:
majorat
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Russian:
совершенноле́тие
(soveršennolétije)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Serbo-Croatian:
пу̏нолетно̄ст
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Serbo-Croatian:
пу̏нољетно̄ст
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȕnoletnōst
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȕnoljetnōst
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Slovak:
plnoletosť
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Slovene:
polnoletnost
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Spanish:
mayoría de edad
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Swedish:
myndighetsålder
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Thai:
นิติภาวะ
(ní-dtì-paa-wá)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Ukrainian:
повнолі́ття
(povnolíttja)
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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Welsh:
llawn oed
— age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
