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adult
adult /aˈdult/
adjective#3087 most common
Also: grown-up, grown person
Example sentences
Ana este adultă.
Ana is an adult.
Biletul pentru un adult costă zece lei.
The ticket for an adult costs ten lei.
Copiii cresc și devin adulți.
Children grow up and become adults.
Acest film nu este potrivit pentru copii, doar pentru adulți.
This film is not suitable for children, only for adults.
Responsabilitatea unui adult include grija față de familie.
An adult's responsibility includes caring for the family.
Deși avea treizeci de ani, comportamentul lui rareori părea cu adevărat adult.
Although he was thirty years old, his behavior rarely seemed truly adult.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adult | adulți |
| Genitive | adult | adulți |
| Accusative | adult | adulți |
| Vocative | adultule | adulților |
Word family
adolescentteenager, someone not yet fully grown
adolescențăadolescence, the period before adulthood
adultăfeminine form: adult, grown
adulțiplural: adults
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "adult" from French "adulte", which traces to Latin "adultus". That Latin form is the past participle of "adolescere", meaning to grow up, itself built from "ad-" (toward) and the inchoative verb "alescere" (to grow, nourish oneself). The core sense has stayed stable for centuries: someone who has finished growing.
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