"pubescent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubescent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more pubescent [comparative], most pubescent [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|pubescent}} Middle French pubescent, {{uder|en|la|pubescens||to become hairy, downy, or an adult}} Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pubescent (comparative more pubescent, superlative most pubescent)
  1. At or just after the age of puberty. Categories (topical): Age Translations (arriving at puberty): полово съзряващ (polovo sǎzrjavašt) (Bulgarian), púber (Catalan), pubescent (Catalan), puberaal (Dutch), murrosikäinen (Finnish), pubère (French), pubescent (French), pubescente (Galician), púbere (Galician), geschlechtsreif (German), pubescente (Portuguese), púbere (Portuguese), pubescent (Romanian), половозре́лый (polovozrélyj) [masculine] (Russian), pubescente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pubescent-en-adj-mFnalxx0 Disambiguation of Age: 53 0 47 Disambiguation of 'arriving at puberty': 62 38
  2. (botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs. Categories (topical): Botany, Zoology
    Sense id: en-pubescent-en-adj-w85nuOcb Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nuptial, pubescent Hyponyms: marriageable, nubile Derived forms: mid-pubescent, peripubescent, postpubescent, prepubescent Related terms: puberty, pubescence, impuberal, peripubescent, postpubescent, prepubescent, of age, teenager, estral, productive

Noun

IPA: /pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubescent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pubescents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|pubescent}} Middle French pubescent, {{uder|en|la|pubescens||to become hairy, downy, or an adult}} Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pubescent (plural pubescents)
  1. A person going through puberty. Categories (topical): Age Synonyms: pubescent Related terms: puberulent Translations (person going through puberty): puber [masculine] (Dutch), murrosikäinen (Finnish), Pubertierender [masculine] (German), Pubertierende [feminine] (German), Pubertier [humorous, neuter] (German), έφηβος (éfivos) [masculine] (Greek), pubescent [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-pubescent-en-noun-GJuud1As Disambiguation of Age: 53 0 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 31 67 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 24 71

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "murrosikäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubère"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubescent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubescente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "púbere"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "geschlechtsreif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubescente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "púbere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubescent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polovozrélyj",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "половозре́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubescente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pubescent"
}

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "4": "",
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      "word": "puberulent"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person going through puberty."
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    }
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puber"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "word": "murrosikäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pubertierender"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pubertierende"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pubertier"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éfivos",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "έφηβος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pubescent"
    }
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  "word": "pubescent"
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