maturation

English

Etymology

From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

maturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)

1. The process of becoming mature.
2. (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
3. (medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

Derived terms

• cisternal maturation model
• hypomaturation
• maturational

Translations

process of becoming mature

• Catalan: maduració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成熟 (zh) (chéngshú)

• Finnish: kypsyminen (fi)
• French: maturation (fr) f
• Georgian: მომწიფება (momc̣ipeba)
• German: Reifung (de) f
• Greek: ωρίμανση (el) f (orímansi)
• Italian: maturazione (it) f, crescita (it) f
• Japanese: 成熟 (ja) (せいじゅく, seijuku)
• Macedonian: созревање n (sozrevanje)
• Portuguese: maturação (pt) f
• Russian: созрева́ние (ru) n (sozrevánije)
• Spanish: maduración (es) f

Anagrams

• natatorium

French

Etymology

From Latin mātūrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

maturation f (plural maturations)

1. maturation

Further reading

• “maturation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.