English-Thai Dictionary

puberty

N วัย เริ่ม หนุ่มสาว  adolescence pubescence wai-roem-nuam-sao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUBERTY

n.[L. pubertas, from pubes. ] The age at which persons are capable of procreating and bearing children. This age is different in different climates, but is with us considered to be at fourteen years in males, and twelve in females.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUBERTY

Pu "ber *ty, n. Etym: [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F.puberté. ]

 

1. The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The period when a plant first bears flowers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

puberty

pu ber ty |ˈpyo͞obərtē ˈpjubərdi | ▶noun the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction. DERIVATIVES pu ber tal |-bərtl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult, ’ related to pubes (see pubes ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

puberty

pu |berty |ˈpjuːbəti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction. DERIVATIVES pubertal adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult ’, related to pubes (see pubes ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

puberty

puberty noun parents often forget how difficult going through puberty can be: adolescence, pubescence, sexual maturity, growing up; youth, young adulthood, the /one's teenage years, the /one's teens, the awkward age; formal juvenescence.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

puberty

puberty noun the onset of puberty may occur as early as eleven or twelve: adolescence, pubescence, sexual maturity, growing up; youth, young adulthood, teenage years, teens, the awkward age; rare juvenescence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

puberty

pu ber ty /pjúːbə r ti /名詞 U 思春期 ; 〘法 〙成熟期 .