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adolescence meaning in Kannada

ಯೌವನ yauvana

/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/

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Australia/ˌædəˈlesəns/

adolescence in Kannada: ಯೌವನ (yauvana). In English, adolescence means the transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

Kannada words for adolescence

adolescence
ಯೌವನ yauvana

English meaning of adolescence

  1. noun The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

Full definition of adolescence

adolescence in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom
  • During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.

Synonyms of adolescence

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Questions about adolescence in Kannada

What is the meaning of adolescence in Kannada?
Adolescence in Kannada is ಯೌವನ (yauvana).
adolescence ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Adolescence: ಯೌವನ (yauvana).
What does adolescence mean in English?
Adolescence means the transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

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Kannada words from Wiktionary's Kannada entries whose English meaning is “adolescence”: ಯೌವನ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: adolescence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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