Complete Definition of "adult"

English

Etymology
L. adultus

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-adult.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A fully-grown human or animal.
  2. A person who lives outside the parental home.
  3. (improper usage) A person whose parents are deceased.

Translations

Chinese: �人 (chéng rén)
Croatian: punoljetstvo
Czech: dosp�lý m
Finnish: aikuinen
French: adulte m|f
German: Erwachsener m, Erwachsene f
Greek: ενήλικα�
Hebrew: ����ר (mevugar) m, ����רת (mevugeret) f
Hungarian: feln�tt
Icelandic: fullorðinn m
Ido: adulto
Japanese: �人 (����, seijin); 大人 (otona)
mid
Italian: adulto m, adulta f
Korean: �� (�人, seong-in)
Novial: adulte
Portuguese: adulto
Romanian: adult#Romanian|adult m, adult� f
Russian: вз�о�л�й (vzróslyj)
Serbian: odrastao, punoletan
Sinhala: ��ඩ���ට�ය�
Swedish: vuxen
Thai: THchar|�ู��ห�� (pôo yài)

Adjective
adult (no compar or superl)

  1. Of a human or animal, fully grown.
  2. Intended for adults rather than children.

#: adult clothes

  1. Of a film, etc, pornographic.

Synonyms
(fully grown): big, fully grown, grown up
(pornographic): blue, dirty, lewd, obscene, pornographic, X-rated, XXX, XXXX

Translations

trans-top|fully grown
French: adulte m|f
German: erwachsen
trans-mid
Italian: adulto m, adulta f
Novial: adulti
Polish: doros�y m, doros�a f
Portuguese: adulto
Romanian: adult#Romanian|adult
Swedish: vuxen
trans-bottom

trans-top|intended for adults
French: pour les adultes
German: für Erwachsene
trans-mid
Italian: per adulto|adulti
Novial: por adultes
Swedish: vuxen-
trans-bottom

pornographic
See pornographic

Related terms
adolescent
adulthood

Category:Age


Romanian

Etymology
F.|ro adulte, L.|ro adultus

Adjective
ro-adj|4

  1. adult#Adjective|adult

Declension
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! colspan"2" style"background:#e2e4c0" | singular
! colspan"2" style"background:#e2e4c0" | plural

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! style="width:10em;background:#C0C0C0" | masculine & neuter
! style="width:10em;background:#C0C0C0" | feminine
! style="width:10em;background:#C0C0C0" | masculine
! style="width:10em;background:#C0C0C0" | feminine & neuter

|-
| adult
| adult�
| adulţi
| adulte
|}
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Noun
ro-noun|gendm|pladulţi|f=adult�

  1. adult#Noun|adult

Declension
ro-noun-m|defadultul|pladulţi

Category:ro:People

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ru:adult
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fi:adult
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zh:adult

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