"pubescent" meaning in English

See pubescent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubescent.wav 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': 56 44
  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 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 30 64 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 23 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 24 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 24 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 26 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 20 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 20 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 21 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 26 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 19 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 20 76

Inflected forms

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      "source": "Thesaurus:pubescent",
      "word": "productive"
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          "text": "2008, Lou Schuler, \"Foreward\", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi\n[…] the pubescent male brain isn't noted for its consistent engagement with reality […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06:",
          "text": "The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.",
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        "(botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polovo sǎzrjavašt",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "полово съзряващ"
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      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
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      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "word": "pubescente"
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      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
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      "word": "pubescent"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polovozrélyj",
      "sense": "arriving at puberty",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "pubescente"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
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        "A person going through puberty."
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person going through puberty",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éfivos",
      "sense": "person going through puberty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "έφηβος"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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