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adolescent
English
Etymology
First attested 1482, from French adolescent, from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adol?scere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + al?scere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?d'?l?s??nt, IPA(key): /?æd??l?s?nt/
Adjective
adolescent (comparative more adolescent, superlative most adolescent)
- Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult
- 1785, William Cowper, Tirocinium
- Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long.
- 1785, William Cowper, Tirocinium
Derived terms
- preadolescent
Related terms
- adolescence
- adult
Translations
Noun
adolescent (plural adolescents)
- A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
Translations
Further reading
- adolescent at OneLook Dictionary Search
- adolescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- adolescent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses, (2012) , World Health Organization
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin adul?sc?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.do.l??sent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.du.l??sen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.do.le?sent/
Adjective
adolescent (masculine and feminine plural adolescents)
- adolescent
Noun
adolescent m or f (plural adolescents)
- teenager
Related terms
- adolescència
Further reading
- “adolescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?adol?st?s?nt]
- Hyphenation: ado?les?cent
Noun
adolescent m anim (feminine adolescentka)
- adolescent
- Synonyms: dospívající, puber?ák
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- adolescent in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French adolescent, from Latin adol?sc?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.do?.l??s?nt/
- Hyphenation: ado?les?cent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
adolescent m or f (plural adolescenten, diminutive adolescentje n)
- adolescent
Synonyms
- jongere
Derived terms
- adolescentie
French
Etymology
From Latin adolesco
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.d?.l?.s??/
Adjective
adolescent (feminine singular adolescente, masculine plural adolescents, feminine plural adolescentes)
- adolescent
- 1866, Eugène Sue, L'alouette du casque
- Au retour de Victoria, si belle de sa beauté de quinze ans, j’avais son âge ; je devins, quoique à peine adolescent, follement épris d’elle ; je cachai soigneusement cet amour, autant par timidité que par suite du respect que m’inspirait, malgré le fraternel attachement dont elle me donnait chaque jour des preuves, cette sérieuse jeune fille, qui rapportait du collège des druidesses je ne sais quoi d’imposant, de pensif et de mystérieux.
- When Victoria returned in her dazzling beauty of fifteen years I was of the same age and although hardly of the age of puberty myself, I fell distractedly in love with her. I carefully concealed my feelings, out of friendship as well as by reason of the respect that, despite the fraternal attachment of which she every day gave me fresh proof, that serious young maid, who brought with her from the college of the female druids an indescribably imposing, pensive and mysterious appearance, inspired in me.
- Au retour de Victoria, si belle de sa beauté de quinze ans, j’avais son âge ; je devins, quoique à peine adolescent, follement épris d’elle ; je cachai soigneusement cet amour, autant par timidité que par suite du respect que m’inspirait, malgré le fraternel attachement dont elle me donnait chaque jour des preuves, cette sérieuse jeune fille, qui rapportait du collège des druidesses je ne sais quoi d’imposant, de pensif et de mystérieux.
- 1866, Eugène Sue, L'alouette du casque
Noun
adolescent m (plural adolescents, feminine adolescente)
- adolescent
- 1841, François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'outre-tombe
- Je me mis à tirer l'horoscope de l'adolescente vendangeuse : vieillira-t-elle au pressoir, mère de famille obscure et heureuse ? Sera-t-elle emmenée les camps par un caporal ? Deviendra-t-elle la proie de quelque Don Juan ? La villageoise enlevée aime son ravisseur autant d'étonnement que d'amour ; il la transporte dans un palais de marbre sur le détroit de Messine, sous un palmier au bord d'une source, en face de la mer qui déploie ses flots d'azur, et de l'Etna qui jette des flammes.
- I set to drawing up the horoscope of the adolescent fruit-picker: will she grow old at the cider-press, the mother of an obscure but happy family? Will she be led off to the camps by some corporal? Will she fall prey to some Don Juan? The seduced village girl loves her ravisher as well as the astonishment of love; he transports her to a palace of marble on the Straits of Messina, beneath a palm-tree beside a fountain, facing the sea with azure wave, and Etna spouting flame.
- Je me mis à tirer l'horoscope de l'adolescente vendangeuse : vieillira-t-elle au pressoir, mère de famille obscure et heureuse ? Sera-t-elle emmenée les camps par un caporal ? Deviendra-t-elle la proie de quelque Don Juan ? La villageoise enlevée aime son ravisseur autant d'étonnement que d'amour ; il la transporte dans un palais de marbre sur le détroit de Messine, sous un palmier au bord d'une source, en face de la mer qui déploie ses flots d'azur, et de l'Etna qui jette des flammes.
- 1841, François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'outre-tombe
Related terms
- adolescence
Further reading
- “adolescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
adol?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of adol?sc?
Romanian
Etymology
From French adolescent
Noun
adolescent m (plural adolescen?i)
- teenager
Declension
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asinine
English
Etymology
From Latin asin?nus (“of a donkey or ass”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?æs.?.na?n/, /?æs.?.na?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Adjective
asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)
- Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality
- Synonyms: foolish, obstinate
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys
- 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)
- Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.
- Synonym: donkeyish
- 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)
Synonyms
- asinary (obsolete)
- assy (informal)
Derived terms
Related terms
- asinicide
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.zi.nin/
- Homophone: asinines
Adjective
asinine
- feminine singular of asinin
Italian
Adjective
asinine
- feminine plural of asinino
Anagrams
- insanie
Latin
Adjective
asin?ne
- vocative masculine singular of asin?nus
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