Definition(s)
Every human being aged 18 years and older (unless majority is attained later under the law applicable to the adult).
Source(s)
Derived by EMN from the definition of ‘child’ in EMN Glossary
Translations
- BG: възрастен
- CS: dospělá osoba
- DE: Erwachsener
- EL: ενήλικας
- EN: adult
- ES: adulto
- ET: täisealine / täiskasvanu
- FI: aikuinen
- FR: adulte
- GA: aosach
- HR: odrasla osoba
- HU: felnőtt
- IT: adulto / maggiorenne
- LT: pilnametis
- LV: pieaugušais
- MT: Adult(a)
- NL: volwassene
- PL: osoba pełnoletnia
- PT: adulto / maior de idade
- RO: adult
- SK: dospelá osoba
- SL: odrasla oseba / polnoletna oseba
- SV: vuxen
- NO: voksen (b); vaksen (n)
- KA: სრულწლოვანი
- UK: дорослий
- HY: չափահաս
Related Term(s)
Note(s)
Adulthood can be defined in terms of biology, psychological adult development, law, personal character or social status. For the purposes of this glossary, a more legal definition is used.