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adult
English
Etymology
From French adulte, Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolesc? (“I grow up”). Compare adolescent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, Canada) IPA(key): /?æd.?lt/, /?æd.?lt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /??d?lt/, /?æd.?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
adult (plural adults)
- A fully grown human or animal.
- A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
Synonyms
- (fully grown human or animal): grown up; see also Thesaurus:adult
Derived terms
- adultly
- adultness
Translations
Adjective
adult (comparative more adult, superlative most adult)
- Fully grown.
- an adult human, animal, or plant
- Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children.
- adult clothes
- 1973, Marshall Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn, Children and the urban environment (page 21)
- In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment.
- Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; of, or pertaining to, pornography.
- an adult movie
- This program contains adult content. Parental discretion is advised.
- Vulgar or profane.
Synonyms
- (fully grown): big, fully grown, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown
- (intended for adults): grown up; see also Thesaurus:adultlike or Thesaurus:for adults
- (containing explicit sexual material): pornographic, X-rated, XXX, XXXX; see also Thesaurus:pornographic
- (vulgar): blue, indecent, obscene, salacious; see also Thesaurus:obscene
Related terms
- adolescent
- adulthood
Translations
Verb
adult (third-person singular simple present adults, present participle adulting, simple past and past participle adulted)
- (intransitive, informal) To behave like an adult.
- (nonstandard, rare) To (cause to) be or become an adult.
- 1974, Occasional Papers (Syracuse University), issues 42-46, page 5:
- Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adult.
- 1974, Occasional Papers (Syracuse University), issues 42-46, page 5:
Further reading
- adult in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- adult in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- talud
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin adultus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /??dult/
- (Central) IPA(key): /??dul/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a?dult/
Adjective
adult (feminine adulta, masculine plural adults, feminine plural adultes)
- adult (fully grown)
Derived terms
- adultesa
Noun
adult m (plural adults, feminine adulta)
- adult (fully grown person)
Further reading
- “adult” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
adult (not comparable)
- (medicine) adult
Declension
See also
- erwachsen
- Erwachsener, Erwachsene
Romanian
Etymology
From French adulte, Latin adultus. See above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?dult/
Adjective
adult m or n (feminine singular adult?, masculine plural adul?i, feminine and neuter plural adulte)
- adult
Declension
Noun
adult m (plural adul?i, feminine equivalent adult?)
- adult
Declension
adult From the web:
- what adults can learn from kids
- what adultery
- what adultery means
- what adults don't know about architecture
- what adults qualify for medicaid
- what adults do for halloween
- what adults don't know about art
- what adults can learn from child
senior
English
Alternative forms
- seniour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, sire, and sir.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sinj?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?si?nj?(r)/
- Hyphenation: se?nior
Adjective
senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)
- Older; superior
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Synonyms
- (older): geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly
Antonyms
- junior
Related terms
- senile
- senate
- sir
Translations
Noun
senior (plural seniors)
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- Synonyms: senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:
- Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- (US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]
Antonyms
- junior
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- senior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- senior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ireson, Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of sire, seigneur, and sieur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.nj??/
Noun
senior m (plural seniors)
- (sports) senior (older player)
- elderly person
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of senyur and sinyo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s??ni?r]
- Hyphenation: sè?ni?or
Adjective
senior
- senior
- older; superior
- higher in rank, dignity, or office.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “senior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior.
Adjective
senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)
- older
Noun
senior (plural seniors)
- lord
Latin
Etymology
Comparative of senex.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?se.ni.or/, [?s??ni?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?se.ni.or/, [?s??ni?r]
Adjective
senior (neuter senius, positive senex); third declension
- older, elder; rather old
- Antonym: i?nior
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Noun
senior m (genitive seni?ris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) a lord, sir
- Coordinate term: seniorissa
- (Medieval Latin) an abbot
- (Medieval Latin) a husband
- old person, old man, older person, older man
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- senior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- senior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- senior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- senior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- senior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Anagrams
- ?nser?
- ori?ns
Polish
Etymology
From Latin senior (“older”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.??r/
Noun
senior m pers (feminine seniorka)
- elder (older person)
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French senior.
Adjective
senior m or n (feminine singular senior?, masculine plural seniori, feminine and neuter plural seniore)
- senior
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?njo?/, [se?njo?]
Noun
senior m (plural seniores)
- senior (clarification of this definition is needed)
senior From the web:
- what senior discounts start at 50
- what seniority level is associate
- what senior discounts start at 55
- what senior means
- what seniors need most
- what senior high school
- what seniors want most
- what senior citizen age
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