adolescence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/ === Noun === adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences) The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience). Synonym: hog age (US, rare, dated, informal) Coordinate terms: childhood, preteenhood, young adulthood, adulthood, middle age, seniorhood, elderhood Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom ==== Usage notes ==== While adolescence is mostly interchangeable with teendom and teenhood, as it happens during ages ending in -teen, this correspondence is not absolute, so adolescence can be understood as a broader or narrower term depending on the context. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adolescent ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “adolescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adolescence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Czech == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adulēscentia. First attested in the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈadolɛst͡sɛnt͡sɛ] Hyphenation: ado‧les‧cen‧ce === Noun === adolescence n adolescence Synonym: dospívání ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “adolescence”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “adolescence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adulēscentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃s/ === Noun === adolescence f (plural adolescences) adolescence, teenage years, teenagehood ==== Derived terms ==== crise d'adolescence préadolescence ==== Related terms ==== adolescent ==== See also ==== puberté === Further reading === “adolescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Late 13th century, borrowed from Latin adolescentia. === Noun === adolescence oblique singular, f (oblique plural adolescences, nominative singular adolescence, nominative plural adolescences) adolescence