adulte

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

adult

Noun

adult

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/a.dylt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect participle of adolēscō (“to grow up”) (the present participle of which - adolēscens (“growing up”) - gave French adolescent).

Sinne

Un lion adulte peut tuer et manger un ou deux cerfs par semaine .

An adult lion can kill and eat one or two deer a week.

Ils auront douze enfants dont six qui survivront jusqu'à l'âge adulte .

They will have twelve children, six of whom will survive to adulthood.