adolescence
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English
Etymology
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
Pronunciation
Noun
adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences)
- The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
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.
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Translations
period between childhood and maturity
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Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
Noun
adolescence n
- adolescence
- Synonym: dospívání
Declension
Declension of adolescence (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- adolescence in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- adolescence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin adulēscentia.
Pronunciation
Noun
adolescence f (plural adolescences)
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See also
Further reading
- “adolescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 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)