adulescent

adylsɑ̃

adultescent

Definition

Definition of adulescent - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

immaturité

Rare

personne adulte qui garde des comportements immatures d'adolescent

Rare

Cet adulescent de quarante ans refuse toujours ses responsabilités.

Adjective

immaturité

Rare

qui présente des comportements immatures typiques des adolescents

Rare

Son attitude adulescente agace ses collègues au travail.

immature

puéril

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Origin of adulescent

latin, ad- (vers) +ulescent (dérivé de -escens, devenir)

Examples of adulescent in a sentence

L'émission suit la vie d'un adulescent coincé chez ses parents.
Sa manière adulescente de gérer l’argent inquiète ses parents.
Ils trouvent ce film trop adulescent pour un public d’adultes.

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English:kidult, immature, ...
German:Adulteszent, adoleszent, ...
Italian:adulescente, immaturo, ...
Spanish:adulescente, inmaduro, ...
Portuguese:adolescente tardio, imaduro, ...
Chinese:巨婴, 未成熟的, ...
Japanese:大人子供, 大人子供のような, ...
Arabic:بالغ غير ناضج, مراهق بالغ, ...
Hebrew:בּוֹגֵר יַלְדוּתִי, יַלְדוּתִי, ...
Russian:адулесцент, инфантильный, ...
Ukrainian:адулесцент, інфантильний, ...
Catalan:adulescent, immadur, ...
Danish:adulescent, teenageagtig, ...
Dutch:adulescent, puberachtig, ...
Greek:ανώριμος ενήλικας, ανωριμότροπος, ...
Hungarian:éretlenül viselkedő felnőtt, adoleszcens, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សពេញវ័យដែលមានអាកប្បកិរិយាដូចក្មេងជំទង់, មិនទាន់ចាស់ទុំ, ...
Korean:어른아이, 어른아이 같은, ...
Polish:wieczny nastolatek, niedojrzały, ...
Portuguese (BR):adultescente, adulescente, ...
Romanian:adulescent, adolescentin, ...
Swedish:vuxenbarn, adulescent, ...
Thai:ผู้ใหญ่ที่ไม่ยอมโต, เด็กติด, ...
Turkish:ergen yetişkin, ergenimsi, ...
Vietnamese:người lớn chưa trưởng thành, trẻ trâu, ...

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Definition of adulescent - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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