"middle age" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the middle age [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the middle age
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Middle Age Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Middle Age Categories (topical): Age Related terms: Middle Ages, mid-life crisis
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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} middle age (uncountable)
  1. That period of life directly preceding old age, often defined roughly as ages 45–65; midlife. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: middle-ager, middle-age spread Related terms: middle-aged, middle-agedness Translations (the period of life preceding old age): আদহ (adoh) (Assamese), মাজ বয়স (maz boyox) (Assamese), প্রৌঢ়তা (prōuṛhota) (Bengali), প্রৌঢ়ত্ব (prōuṛhotto) (Bengali), mitjana edat [feminine] (Catalan), 中年 (zhōngnián) (Chinese Mandarin), mezaĝo (Esperanto), keski-ikä (Finnish), âge moyen [masculine] (French), mittleres Alter [neuter] (German), Mittelalter [neuter, rare] (German), meánaois [feminine] (Irish), mezza età (Italian), 中年 (chūnen) (alt: ちゅうねん) (Japanese), 중년 (jungnyeon) (Korean), vârsta de mijloc [feminine] (Romanian), сре́дний во́зраст (srédnij vózrast) [masculine] (Russian), mediana edad [feminine] (Spanish), edad media [feminine] (Spanish), medelålder (Swedish), canol oed [masculine] (Welsh)
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