adult in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for adult in the English»French Dictionary

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

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fretful adult

énervé, agité

Translations for adult in the French»English Dictionary

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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)

adult in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for adult in the English»French Dictionary

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

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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

Translations for adult in the French»English Dictionary

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adulte personne

adult

adulte

adult

adolescente formée

physically adult adolescent

majeur(e)

adult

école pour adultes

adult education college

adult Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

behave! Brit to adult

un peu de tenue!

she was an adult now

elle était alors adulte

to treat sb like a child/an adult

traiter qn comme un enfant/un adulte

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The adults are slate grey with black wavy lines.

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Juvenile females look almost identical to their adult counterparts.

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During the day, such adults rest on stems and twigs with the body, legs, and antennae pressed to the stem.

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The entire life cycle involving development from egg to adult takes from 190 to 598 hours depending on temperature.

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The schistosomulae then migrate to the hepatic portal system of the liver to mature into adults.

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It also has courses for adults aged above 19 years of age and vocational programmes as well.

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The adults are attracted to light and feed on foliage but do not damage the plants.

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It exists as normal flora (nonpathogenic) in the nasopharynx of up to 515% of adults.

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Adults have whitish forewings speckled with dark grey and usually an obvious blackish spot at around three-quarters.

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As adults, they make their way to the inferior mesenteric vein and mate, producing thousands of eggs.

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