mature

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• /məˈt͡ʃɔː(ɹ)/ pour–poor merger, yod-coalescence
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• British, Southern, Standard: [mət͡ʃoː]
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• General-American: /məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/
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• General-American: /məˈt͡ʃɝ/
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• General-American: /məˈt(j)ʊəɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH0 CH UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).

From Middle English maturen, from Middle French maturer (“to mature”), from Latin mātūrō.

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arritur — fully developed
• Arabic: نَاضِج (nāḍij) — fully developed
• Arabic: رَاشِد (rāšid) — fully developed
• Arabic: مُعَتَّق (muʕattaq) — fully developed
• Arabic: عاقل (ʕāgil) — fully developed
• Arabic: كبير (kabīr) — fully developed
• Armenian: հասուն (hasun) — fully developed
• Basque: heldu — fully developed
• Catalan: madur — fully developed
• Chamicuro: chelti — fully developed
• Chinese Mandarin: 成熟 (chéngshú) — fully developed
• Chinese Mandarin: 成長 /成长 (chéngzhǎng) — fully developed
• Czech: dospělý — fully developed
• Czech: zralý — fully developed
• Dutch: volgroeid — fully developed
• Dutch: volwassen — fully developed
• Dutch: rijp — fully developed
• Esperanto: matura — fully developed
• Finnish: kypsä — fully developed
• French: mûr — fully developed
• French: mature — fully developed
• Galician: maduro — fully developed
• Georgian: მომწიფებული (momc̣ipebuli) — fully developed
• German: reif — fully developed
• German: gereift — fully developed
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (fullaweis) — fully developed
• Greek: ώριμος (órimos) — fully developed
• Hindi: परिपक्व (paripakva) — fully developed
• Hindi: विकसित (viksit) — fully developed
• Hungarian: érett — fully developed
• Irish: foirfe — fully developed
• Italian: maturo — fully developed
• Japanese: 成熟 (seijuku) — fully developed
• Japanese: 成熟した (seijuku-shita) — fully developed
• Japanese: 円熟した (enjuku-shita) — fully developed
• Japanese: 十分成長した (jūbun seichō-shita) — fully developed
• Latin: mātūrus — fully developed
• Macedonian: зрел (zrel) — fully developed
• Malayalam: പക്വത (pakvata) — fully developed
• Manx: appee — fully developed
• Māori: pakeke — fully developed
• Middle English: mature — fully developed
• Khiamniungan Naga: sām — fully developed
• Norwegian: voksen — fully developed
• Norwegian: moden — fully developed
• Old English: rīpe — fully developed
• Polish: dojrzały — fully developed
• Portuguese: maduro — fully developed
• Romanian: matur — fully developed
• Russian: зре́лый (zrélyj) — fully developed
• Russian: взро́слый (vzróslyj) — fully developed
• Russian: развито́й (razvitój) — fully developed
• Scottish Gaelic: abaich — fully developed
• Scottish Gaelic: inbheach — fully developed
• Slovak: dospelý — fully developed
• Slovak: zrelý — fully developed
• Spanish: maduro — fully developed
• Spanish: curado — fully developed
• Swedish: mogen — fully developed
• Tocharian B: śrāy — fully developed
• Turkish: olgun — fully developed
• Turkish: yetişkin — fully developed
• Turkish: ergin — fully developed
• Turkish: erişkin — fully developed
• Turkish: reşit — fully developed
• Turkish: kamil — fully developed
• Ottoman Turkish: اولغون (olğun) — fully developed
• Ukrainian: зрі́лий (zrílyj) — fully developed
• Welsh: aeddfed — fully developed
• Albanian: arritur — brought to a state of complete readiness
• German: ausgereift — brought to a state of complete readiness
• Albanian: matur — profound; careful
• Catalan: madur — profound; careful
• Catalan: raonat — profound; careful
• Finnish: huolellinen — profound; careful
• Finnish: syvällinen — profound; careful
• French: mûr — profound; careful
• French: mûre — profound; careful
• Galician: maduro — profound; careful
• German: reiflich — profound; careful
• Greek: ώριμος (órimos) — profound; careful
• Hungarian: megfontolt — profound; careful
• Hungarian: átgondolt — profound; careful
• Hungarian: alapos — profound; careful
• Hungarian: kiérlelt — profound; careful
• Malayalam: പക്വം (pakvaṁ) — profound; careful
• Russian: зре́лый (zrélyj) — profound; careful
• Russian: разу́мный (razúmnyj) — profound; careful
• Russian: проду́манный (prodúmannyj) — profound; careful
• Spanish: maduro — profound; careful
• Swedish: mogen — profound; careful
• Ukrainian: зрі́лий (zrílyj) — profound; careful
• German: (nur) für Erwachsene — suitable for adults only
• Hungarian: felnőtt- — suitable for adults only
• Hungarian: nagykorúaknak szánt/szóló — suitable for adults only
• Arabic: نَاضِج (nāḍij) — to become mature; to ripen
• Arabic: عقل (ʕigil) — to become mature; to ripen
• Arabic: استوى (astawa) — to become mature; to ripen
• Armenian: հասունանալ (hasunanal) — to become mature; to ripen
• Bulgarian: узрявам (uzrjavam) — to become mature; to ripen
• Catalan: madurar — to become mature; to ripen
• Dutch: rijpen — to become mature; to ripen
• Dutch: volwassen worden — to become mature; to ripen
• Dutch: volgroeien — to become mature; to ripen
• Esperanto: maturiĝi — to become mature; to ripen
• Finnish: kypsyä — to become mature; to ripen
• French: mûrir — to become mature; to ripen
• French: arriver à maturité — to become mature; to ripen
• French: s'affiner — to become mature; to ripen
• German: reifen — to become mature; to ripen
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌵𐌰𐌽 (gawrisqan) — to become mature; to ripen
• Hungarian: megérik — to become mature; to ripen
• Irish: aibigh — to become mature; to ripen
• Italian: maturare — to become mature; to ripen
• Korean: 숙성되다 (sukseongdoeda) — to become mature; to ripen
• Latin: mātūrescō — to become mature; to ripen
• Māori: pakari — to become mature; to ripen
• Portuguese: amadurecer — to become mature; to ripen
• Portuguese: madurar — to become mature; to ripen
• Spanish: madurar — to become mature; to ripen
• Swedish: mogna — to become mature; to ripen
• Tahitian: paʻari — to become mature; to ripen
• Turkish: erginleşmek — to become mature; to ripen
• Turkish: kemâle ermek — to become mature; to ripen
• Turkish: olgunlaşmak — to become mature; to ripen
• Turkish: tekamül etmek — to become mature; to ripen
• Armenian: հասունանալ (hasunanal) — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Catalan: madurar — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Finnish: kypsyä — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• French: mûrir — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• French: devenir mature — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Hungarian: érik — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Hungarian: megérik — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Ido: adulteskar — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Spanish: madurar — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Swedish: mogna — to gain experience or wisdom with age
• Hungarian: kiérlel — to bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion
• Korean: 숙성시키다 (sukseongsikida) — to bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion
• German: reifen lassen — to make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature
• Hungarian: érlel — to make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature
• Hungarian: megérlel — to make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature
• Korean: 숙성시키다 (sukseongsikida) — to make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature
• Māori: whakapakari — to make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature
• Catalan: vèncer — to reach the date when payment is due
• Dutch: vervallen — to reach the date when payment is due
• Finnish: erääntyä — to reach the date when payment is due
• French: arriver à échéance — to reach the date when payment is due
• German: fällig werden — to reach the date when payment is due
• Hungarian: esedékes lesz — to reach the date when payment is due
• Hungarian: esedékessé válik — to reach the date when payment is due
• Hungarian: lejár — to reach the date when payment is due
• Spanish: vencer — to reach the date when payment is due