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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesadulto
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /aˈðul.to/
"El museo ofrece tarifas especiales para adultos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who is fully grown or developed of legal age.
"She is now an adult responsible for her own decisions."
- 1
Fully grown or characteristic of a person who has reached maturity.
"The bookstore has a section dedicated to adult fiction."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'adultus', the past participle of 'adolescere', meaning 'to grow up'. It entered the English language in the late 15th century initially as an adjective describing a fully grown person or animal, later expanding into a noun in the early 17th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Adult" is said worldwide
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adulte
Transliteration: /a.dylt/
"Il est maintenant un adulte responsable."
Erwachsener
Transliteration: /ɛɐ̯ˈvaksənɐ/
"Jeder Erwachsene hat bestimmte Rechte."
adulto
Transliteration: /aˈdul.to/
"Questo film è riservato a un pubblico adulto."
adulto
Transliteration: /aˈðul.to/
"El museo ofrece tarifas especiales para adultos."
adulto
Transliteration: /aˈduw.tu/
"Ele já é um adulto independente."
वयस्क
Transliteration: vayask
"यह फिल्म केवल वयस्कों के लिए है।"
成年人
Transliteration: chéng nián rén
"他已经是一个成年人了。"
어른
Transliteration: eoreun
"그는 책임감 있는 어른이 되었다."
大人
Transliteration: otona
"彼は立派な大人になりました。"
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