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nounThe age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted or recognized; i.e.; the age where a person ceases to be a minor legally and becomes a legal adult.
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Arabic سِنّ الرُّشْد
- سِنّ الرُّشْد (sinn ar-rušd)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Bulgarian пълноле́тие
- пълноле́тие (pălnolétie)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Catalan majoria d'edat
- majoria d'edatage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Chinese Mandarin 法定年齡 /法定年龄, 成年年齡 /成年年龄
- 法定年齡 /法定年龄 (fǎdìng niánlíng)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
- 成年年齡 /成年年龄 (chéngnián niánlíng)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
- 成人年齡 /成人年龄 (chéngrén niánlíng)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Czech zletilost, plnoletost
- zletilostage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
- plnoletostage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Danish myndighedsalder
- myndighedsalderage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Esperanto plenaĝo
- plenaĝoage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Finnish täysi-ikäisyyden ikäraja
- täysi-ikäisyyden ikärajaage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
French majorité civile, majorité légale
- majorité civileage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
- majorité légaleage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
German Volljährigkeit, Volljährigkeitsalter
- Volljährigkeitage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
- Volljährigkeitsalterage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Hungarian nagykorúság
- nagykorúságage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Icelandic sjálfræðisaldur
- sjálfræðisaldurage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Irish aois lánaosta
- aois lánaostaage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Italian maggiore età
- maggiore etàage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Japanese 法定年齢
- 法定年齢 (hōteinenrei)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Korean 법정 연령
- 법정 연령 (beopjeong yeollyeong)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Lithuanian pilnametystė
- pilnametystėage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Norwegian Bokmål myndighetsalder
- myndighetsalderage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Polish pełnoletniość, pełnoletność
- pełnoletniośćage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
- pełnoletnośćage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Portuguese maioridade
- maioridadeage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Romanian majorat
- majoratage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Russian совершенноле́тие
- совершенноле́тие (soveršennolétije)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Slovak plnoletosť
- plnoletosťage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Spanish mayoría de edad
- mayoría de edadage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Swedish myndighetsålder
- myndighetsålderage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Thai นิติภาวะ
- นิติภาวะ (ní-dtì-paa-wá)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Ukrainian повнолі́ття
- повнолі́ття (povnolíttja)age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
Welsh llawn oed
- llawn oedage at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted
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age of majority. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age%20of%20majority
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“age of majority.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age%20of%20majority. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “age of majority,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age%20of%20majority.
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