puberty
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English puberte, from Old French puberté, from Latin pūbertās.
Pronunciation Nounpuberty
- A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
- (more common) The process of sexual development that produces secondary sex characteristics and makes a person capable of reproducing sexually.
- The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
- The period when a plant begins to flower.
- French: puberté
- German: Pubertät, Geschlechtsreife
- Italian: pubertà
- Portuguese: puberdade
- Russian: половая зрелость
- Spanish: pubertad
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