adolescent

== English == === Etymology === First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785. === Pronunciation === enPR: ăd'əlĕsʹənt, IPA(key): /ˌæd.əˈlɛs.ənt/ (Indic) IPA(key): /əˈɖo.lᵻ.sᵻnʈ/ === Adjective === adolescent (comparative more adolescent, superlative most adolescent) Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adolescence adult ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adolescent (plural adolescents) A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “adolescent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “adolescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adolescent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses, (2012) , World Health Organization == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adulēscentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ðu.ləˈsen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðo.ləˈsent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.ðo.leˈsent] === Adjective === adolescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescents) adolescent === Noun === adolescent m or f by sense (plural adolescents) teenager ==== Related terms ==== adolescència === Further reading === “adolescent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈadolɛst͡sɛnt] Hyphenation: ado‧les‧cent === Noun === adolescent m anim (female equivalent adolescentka) adolescent Synonyms: dospívající, puberťák ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “adolescent”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adolescent, from Latin adolēscēns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaː.doː.ləˈsɛnt/ Hyphenation: ado‧les‧cent Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === adolescent m or f (plural adolescenten, diminutive adolescentje n) adolescent Synonym: jongere ==== Derived terms ==== adolescentie ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: adolesen == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscentem, present participle of adolēscō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃/ === Adjective === adolescent (feminine adolescente, masculine plural adolescents, feminine plural adolescentes) adolescent === Noun === adolescent m (plural adolescents, feminine adolescente) adolescent ==== Related terms ==== adolescence adulte === Further reading === “adolescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === adolēscent third-person plural future active indicative of adolēscō == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscēns. First attested in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dɔˈlɛs.t͡sɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛst͡sɛnt Syllabification: a‧do‧les‧cent === Noun === adolescent m pers adolescent (a person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === adolescent in Polish dictionaries at PWN adolescent in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adolescent. === Noun === adolescent m (plural adolescenți) teenager ==== Declension ====