adulescent
French, noun/a.dy.lɛ.sɑ̃/
adulescent is spelled A-D-U-L-E-S-C-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adulescent is a French masculine noun meaning “a kidult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne adulte exprimant des traits de personnalité généralement négatifs (impulsivité, irritabilité…”.
What does adulescent mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinea kidult
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux personnes adultes exprimant des traits de personnalité associés à l’adolescence.
noun: 1. Personne adulte exprimant des traits de personnalité généralement négatifs (impulsivité, irritabilité, irresponsabilité, immaturité, inconséquence, naïveté, crédulité) qui sont associés à l’adolescence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adulescent
- adulescents plural
- adulescente singular feminine
- adulescentes plural feminine
- adultescent
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adulescent?
- /a.dy.lɛ.sɑ̃/
- /a.dy.le.sɑ̃/
- \a.dy.lɛ.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adulescent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adulescent in French?
adulescent appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).