# adolescente
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin adolēscēns.

### Adjective

adolescente (epicene, plural adolescentes)
* adolescent (characteristic of adolescence)

### Noun

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)
* adolescent

#### Related terms

* adolescencia

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃t/ ~ /a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃t/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

adolescente
* feminine singular of adolescent

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscentem.

### Adjective

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)
* adolescent, teenage

### Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)
* 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, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin adolēscentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.do.leʃˈʃɛn.te/
** Rhymes: -ɛnte
** Hyphenation: a‧do‧le‧scèn‧te
* IPA: (regional) /a.do.leʃˈʃen.te/
** Audio:(file)
** Rhymes: -ente
** Hyphenation: a‧do‧le‧scén‧te

### Adjective

adolescente (plural adolescenti)
* adolescent

### Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescenti)
* adolescent, teenager

#### Related terms

* adolescenza

### References

* ↑ adolescente in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Participle

adolēscente
* ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of adolēscēns

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adolēscentem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.do.leˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.do.leˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.do.leˈsẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ɐ.du.lɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ], /ɐ.du.lɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨˈʃẽ.tɨ]
* Audio (Portugal):(file)

### Adjective

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)
* adolescent, teenage

### Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)
* 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: (Spain) /adolesˈθente/ [a.ð̞o.lesˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /adoleˈsente/ [a.ð̞o.leˈsẽn̪.t̪e]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: a‧do‧les‧cen‧te

### Adjective

adolescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescentes)
* adolescent

### Noun

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)
* adolescent, teenager

#### Related terms

* adolescencia

### Further reading

* “adolescente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10