puberty
/ˈpjuː.bə.ti/US/ˈpju.bɚ.ti/
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puberty noun: a developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
Noun
puberty (countable and uncountable, plural puberties)
- A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
- Girls undergoing puberty show an increase in the total output of cortisol, which is related to stress, while boys show little increase.2014, Lewis Wolpert, Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?, →ISBN
- 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.
- As shown in Figure 14.4 of the textbook, children reach puberty at different ages in different countries; within those nations, children living in cities tend to reach puberty earlier than those living in rural areas.2009, The Development of Children Study Guide, →ISBN, page 241
- The period when a plant begins to flower.
puberty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
puberty in Hindi
- age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction
- यौवनारंभ yauvnārambh, वयःसंधि vayaḥsandhi
puberty in Tamil
- பூப்பு, பருவமடைதல், பூப்படைவு
puberty in Marathi
- age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction
- पौगंडावस्था paugaṇḍāvasthā
puberty in Urdu
- puberty, adolescence
- بلوغ bulūġ, بلوغت bulūġat
- puberty
- جوانی javānī
- puberty, maturity
- شعور śu'ūr
More languagesFewer languages
- puberty in Bengali
- বয়ঃসন্ধি boẏoḥśondhi, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল boẏoḥśondhikal
- puberty in Telugu
- సమర్త samarta, ప్రాయము prāyamu
- puberty in Malayalam
- തിരളൽ, യൗവനാരംഭം, താരുണ്യാരംഭകാലം, ലെെംഗികപക്വതയുടെ ആരംഭം
- puberty in Kannada
- ಹರಯ haraya
- puberty in Punjabi
- ਜੋਬਣ jobaṇ
- puberty in Sanskrit
- वयःसंधि vayaḥsaṃdhi
- puberty in Tagalog
- mulansuplingan
- puberty in Arabic
- بُلُوغ bulūḡ
- puberty in Malay
- baligh, puberti
- puberty in Indonesian
- usia pancaroba, pubesens
- puberty in Thai
- ความเป็นหนุ่มสาว, วัยแรกรุ่น
- puberty in Vietnamese
- dậy thì
- Kashmiri
- یاوَن کال yāvan kāl
Examples of puberty in a sentence
- The arrival of puberty can be especially challenging for transgender youth.
- The young buck began to pediculate as its testosterone levels surged during puberty.
- She's yet to go through puberty, although she's already 17.
Forms of puberty
| plural | puberties |
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Origin of puberty
From Middle English puberte, from Old French puberté, from Latin pūbertās (“the age of maturity, manhood”).
Words formed from puberty
Phrases with puberty
Questions about puberty
- What does puberty mean?
- Puberty means a developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
- What is puberty in Hindi?
- Puberty in Hindi is यौवनारंभ (yauvnārambh), वयःसंधि (vayaḥsandhi). See Puberty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is puberty?
- Puberty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puberty?
- Puberty is pronounced /ˈpjuː.bə.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puberty?
- The plural of puberty is puberties.
Words near puberty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: puberty (page history and authors); puberty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بلوغ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ప్రాయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); puberty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಹರಯ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਜੋਬਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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