"adult" in seven languages
Meaningadult
Spanish
adulto
/aˈdulto/
masc.learned
French
adulte
/adylt/
masc.learned
Italian
adulto
/aˈdulto/
masc.learned
Portuguese
adulto
/aˈduwtu/
masc.learned
Romanian
adult
/aˈdult/
masc.learned
Catalan
adult
/əˈdul/
masc.learned
English
adult
/əˈdʌlt/
from Latin/French · Latin
English → ItalianadultadultoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ADULTUM‘grown up’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned everywhere. ADULTUS is the past participle of ADOLĒSCERE 'to grow up', whose present participle gave adolescent — the same verb, after and during.
English relatives: adult, adolescent
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In a sentence
- esEntradas: diez euros para adultos.
- frBillets : dix euros pour les adultes.
- itBiglietti: dieci euro per gli adulti.
- ptIngressos: dez euros para adultos.
- roBilete: zece euro pentru adulți.
- caEntrades: deu euros per als adults.
- enTickets: ten euros for adults.