adolescence

Etymology
From, from , from , from ; see adolescent.

Noun

 * 1)  The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Usage notes

 * While adolescence is mostly interchangeable with teendom and teenhood, as it happens during ages ending in, this correspondence is not absolute, so adolescence can be understood as a broader or narrower term depending on the context.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: adolescencia
 * Belarusian: юна́цтва, маладо́сць
 * Bulgarian: юношество
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: siàu-liân-kî
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: dospívání
 * Danish: opvækst
 * Esperanto: plenkreskiĝeco, adolesko
 * Estonian: noorukiiga
 * Finnish:, nuoruusikä,
 * French:
 * Galician: adolescencia
 * German:, , , Flegelalter
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἥβη, ἐφηβεία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: óige, ógántacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: mosindadi
 * Korean: 청년기, 청춘기
 * Macedonian: малоле́тство
 * Maori: taiohinga, taitamarikitanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oppvekst
 * Nynorsk: oppvekst, oppvokster
 * Polish: wiek dojrzewania, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: òige
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: адолесцѐнција
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: dospievanie
 * Slovene: mladostništvo
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:, мо́лодість
 * Vietnamese: thanh thiếu niên, tuổi thần tiên, tuổi ô mai, tuổi teen
 * Volapük: tidaülatim
 * Welsh: llencyndod, adolesens

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) adolescence, teenage years, teenagehood

Etymology
Late 13th century, borrowed from.