adolescente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin adolēscēns.

Adjective

adolescente (epicene, plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent (characteristic of adolescence)

Noun

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent

Related terms

• adolescencia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃t/ ~ /a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃t/

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Adjective

adolescente

1. feminine singular of adolescent

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscentem.

Adjective

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenage

Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenager (child aged between thirteen and nineteen)

Related terms

• adolescencia

Further reading

• “adolescente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

From Latin adolēscentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do.leʃˈʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: a‧do‧le‧scèn‧te

• Audio:

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Adjective

adolescente (plural adolescenti)

1. adolescent

Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescenti)

1. adolescent, teenager

Related terms

• adolescenza

Further reading

• adolescente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.do.leːsˈken.te/, [äd̪ɔɫ̪eːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.do.leʃˈʃen.te/, [äd̪oleʃˈʃɛn̪t̪e]

Participle

adolēscente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of adolēscēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adolēscentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.do.leˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.do.leˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.do.leˈsẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐ.du.lɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ], /ɐ.du.lɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨˈʃẽ.tɨ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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Adjective

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenage

Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenager (child aged between thirteen and nineteen)

Related terms

• adolescência
• adolescer

 

Further reading

• “adolescente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adolēscentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /adolesˈθente/ [a.ð̞o.lesˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /adoleˈsente/ [a.ð̞o.leˈsẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: a‧do‧les‧cen‧te

Adjective

adolescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent

Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenager

Related terms

• adolescencia

 

Further reading

• “adolescente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16