adolescence
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
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Noun edit
adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences)
- The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
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Translations edit
period between childhood and maturity
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Further reading edit
- “adolescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “adolescence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
adolescence n
- adolescence
- Synonym: dospívání
Declension edit
Declension of adolescence (soft feminine)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | adolescence | adolescence |
genitive | adolescence | adolescencí |
dative | adolescenci | adolescencím |
accusative | adolescenci | adolescence |
vocative | adolescence | adolescence |
locative | adolescenci | adolescencích |
instrumental | adolescencí | adolescencemi |
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Further reading edit
- adolescence in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- adolescence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin adulēscentia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
adolescence f (plural adolescences)
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “adolescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Late 13th century, borrowed from Latin adolescentia.
Noun edit
adolescence oblique singular, f (oblique plural adolescences, nominative singular adolescence, nominative plural adolescences)