adulthood

English

Etymology

From adult +‎ -hood

Noun

adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)

The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being.
The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

Antonyms

childhood

Translations

time of life

Chinese:
Mandarin: 成年 (zh) (chéngnián)
Czech: dospělost f
Dutch: volwassenheid (nl) f
Esperanto: adolteco, plenaĝo
Finnish: täysi-ikäisyys (fi), aikuisuus (fi), aikuisikä
French: âge adulte (fr) m, majorité (fr) f
German: Erwachsenenalter n
Hebrew: בַּגְרוּת‎ (he) f (bagrút)
Hindi: वयस्कता f (vayaskatā)
Ido: adulteso (io)

Japanese: 成人であること (ja) (せいじんであること, seijin dearu koto)
Latin: adulta aetas f
Polish: dorosłość (pl) f
Portuguese: adultez f
Romanian: maturitate (ro) f, vârstă adultă f
Russian: зре́лость (ru) f (zrélostʹ), взро́слость (ru) f (vzróslostʹ), совершенноле́тие (ru) n (soveršennolétije) (majority, full age)
Spanish: edad adulta f, adultez (es) f
Swedish: vuxendom c
Turkish: yetişkinlik (tr)
Volapük: daülüp

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