"adulthood" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adulthood.wav [US] Forms: adulthoods [plural]
Etymology: From adult + -hood. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adult|hood}} adult + -hood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)
  1. The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have reached a state of psychological maturity, to wit: once it has become an adult. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-adulthood-en-noun-XuJakkYo Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48
  2. The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Age Translations (time of life): 成年 (chéngnián) (Chinese Mandarin), dospělost [feminine] (Czech), volwassenheid [feminine] (Dutch), adolteco (Esperanto), plenaĝo (Esperanto), täysi-ikäisyys (Finnish), aikuisuus (Finnish), aikuisikä (Finnish), âge adulte [masculine] (French), majorité [feminine] (French), Erwachsenenalter [neuter] (German), בַּגְרוּת (bagrút) [feminine] (Hebrew), वयस्कता (vayaskatā) [feminine] (Hindi), adulteso (Ido), dewasa (Indonesian), 成人であること (seijin de aru koto) (alt: せいじんであること) (Japanese), adulta aetas [feminine] (Latin), dorosłość [feminine] (Polish), adultez [feminine] (Portuguese), maturitate [feminine] (Romanian), vârstă adultă [feminine] (Romanian), зре́лость (zrélostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), взро́слость (vzróslostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), совершенноле́тие (soveršennolétije) (english: majority, full age) [neuter] (Russian), edad adulta [feminine] (Spanish), adultez [feminine] (Spanish), vuxendom [common-gender] (Swedish), yetişkinlik (Turkish), بالاغەت (balaghet) (Uyghur), daülüp (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-adulthood-en-noun-m1XWIcFu Disambiguation of Age: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -hood, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -hood: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'time of life': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subadulthood, waithood

Inflected forms

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adultez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vuxendom"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "yetişkinlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "balaghet",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "بالاغەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "daülüp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adulthood"
}

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