adult

== English == === Etymology === From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæd.ʌlt/, /ˈæd.əlt/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈdʌlt/, /ˈæd.əlt/ (Canada) IPA(key): [ˈadʌɫt], [əˈdʌɫt] (nonstandard) IPA(key): [ˈadʊɫt], [ˈad(ə)ɫt], [aˈdʌɫt], [əˈdʊɫt] (gulf-golf merger) IPA(key): /əˈdɒlt/, /ˈæd.ɒlt/ Rhymes: -ʌlt === Noun === adult (plural adults) An animal that is full-grown. A person who has reached the legal age of majority. ==== Synonyms ==== (fully grown human or other animal): grown up; see also Thesaurus:adult ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === adult (comparative more adult, superlative most adult) Fully grown. Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc. 1973, Marshall Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn, Children and the urban environment (page 21) In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment. Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc. (of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults. (of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults. Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic. Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults. Intended for, or restricted to, those who are not young children. ==== Synonyms ==== (fully grown): big, fully grown, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown (intended for adults): grown up; see also Thesaurus:adultlike or Thesaurus:for adults (containing explicit sexual material): pornographic, X-rated, XXX, XXXX; see also Thesaurus:pornographic (vulgar): blue, indecent, obscene, salacious; see also Thesaurus:obscene ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adolescent adulthood ==== Translations ==== === Verb === adult (third-person singular simple present adults, present participle adulting, simple past and past participle adulted) (intransitive, slang) To behave like an adult. (nonstandard, rare) To (cause to) be or become an adult. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adult. === Further reading === “adult”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adult”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === talud == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adultus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əˈðul] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈðult] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈðult] === Adjective === adult (feminine adulta, masculine plural adults, feminine plural adultes) adult (fully grown) ==== Derived terms ==== adultesa === Noun === adult m (plural adults, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultes) adult (fully grown person) ==== Further reading ==== “adult”, 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 == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === adult (strong nominative masculine singular adulter, not comparable) (medicine) adult ==== Declension ==== === See also === erwachsen Erwachsener, Erwachsene == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdult/ === Adjective === adult m or n (feminine singular adultă, masculine plural adulți, feminine/neuter plural adulte) adult ==== Declension ==== === Noun === adult m (plural adulți, feminine equivalent adultă) adult ==== Declension ====