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adulte
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French
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I. adult [Brit ˈadʌlt, əˈdʌlt, Am əˈdəlt, ˈædˌəlt] N (gen)
adult LAW
adulte mf
‘adults only’
‘interdit aux moins de 18 ans’
II. adult [Brit ˈadʌlt, əˈdʌlt, Am əˈdəlt, ˈædˌəlt] ADJ
1. adult:
adult smoker, driver, animal
adulte
adult class, clothes, fiction
pour adultes
adult population, mortality, audience, behaviour
adulte
adult life
d'adulte
adult son, daughter
majeur
2. adult (pornographic) euph:
adult film, magazine
pour adultes
adult literacy N Brit
adult literacy classes
cours m d'alphabétisation pour adultes
Adult Education N Brit
Adult Education
enseignement m pour adultes
Adult Education Centre N Brit
Adult Education Centre
centre m de formation pour adultes
Adult Training Centre N Brit
Adult Training Centre
centre m d'aide au travail
fretful adult
énervé, agité
French
French
English
English
adulte personne, comportement, relation
adult, grown-up
adulte
adult, grown-up
CAT
adult training centre Brit
AFPA
adult education and training organization
curateur (curatrice)
guardian (of adult lacking legal capacity)
English
English
French
French
I. adult [ˈædʌlt, Am əˈdʌlt] N
adult
adulte mf
II. adult [ˈædʌlt, Am əˈdʌlt] ADJ
adult
adulte
adult film
pour adultes
adult education N no pl
adult education
formation f pour adultes
allowance to adult
rente f
behave! Brit to adult
un peu de tenue!
to treat sb like a child/an adult
traiter qn comme un enfant/un adulte
she was an adult now
elle était alors adulte
French
French
English
English
adulte personne
adult
adulte
adult
adolescente formée
physically adult adolescent
majeur(e)
adult
école pour adultes
adult education college
English
English
French
French
I. adult [ə·ˈdʌlt] N
adult
adulte mf
II. adult [ə·ˈdʌlt] ADJ
adult
adulte
adult film
pour adultes
adult education N
adult education
formation f pour adultes
allowance to adult
rente f
to treat sb like a child/an adult
traiter qn comme un enfant/un adulte
she was an adult now
elle était alors adulte
French
French
English
English
adulte personne
adult
adulte
adult
adolescente formée
physically adult adolescent
majeur(e)
adult
école pour adultes
adult education college
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she was an adult now
elle était alors adulte
behave! Brit to adult
un peu de tenue!
to treat sb like a child/an adult
traiter qn comme un enfant/un adulte
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
Classes are provided at workplace and community sites throughout the county by trained adult education instructors.
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The remainder was still used for adult education until the rest of the school was demolished in 2001.
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Its tasks soon extended to a broader range of adult education in astronomy.
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It is also used in literacy and adult education programmes.
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It was the first low-residency adult education program in the country.
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