Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.
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Puberty
//ˈpjuː.bə.ti//
Synonyms for "puberty" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriescauses
3 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
6 entriesmeronym
6 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐφηβεία noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- ἥβη noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Arabic
1 entries- بُلُوغ noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Armenian
1 entries- սեռական հասունություն noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Asturian
1 entries- pubertá noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Belarusian
2 entries- палавая спеласць noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- палавое выспяванне noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Bengali
2 entries- বয়ঃসন্ধি noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Catalan
1 entries- pubertat noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 思春期 noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- 發情 /发情 noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- 發育期 /发育期 noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- 發身 /发身 noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Czech
1 entries- puberta noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Danish
1 entries- pubertet noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Dutch
1 entries- puberteit noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Esperanto
1 entries- pubereco noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Faroese
2 entries- kynsbúning noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- pubertetur noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Finnish
3 entries- murrosikä noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- puberteetti noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- varhaismurrosikä noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
French
1 entries- puberté noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Galician
1 entries- puberdade noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Georgian
1 entries- სქესობრივი სიმწიფე noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
German
4 entries- Geschlechtsreife noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- Geschlechtsreifung noun (developmental phase)
- Pubertät noun (developmental phase)
- Reifezeit noun (developmental phase)
Greek
1 entries- εφηβεία noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Hindi
2 entries- यौवनारंभ noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- वयःसंधि noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Hungarian
2 entries- pubertás noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- serdülőkor noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Indonesian
2 entries- pubesens noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- usia pancaroba noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Italian
1 entries- pubertà noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Japanese
1 entries- 思春期 noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Kashmiri
1 entries- یاوَن کال noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Kazakh
1 entries- балиғат noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Khmer
1 entries- ភាពពេញវ័យ noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Korean
1 entries- 사춘기 noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Latin
1 entries- pūbertās noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Macedonian
1 entries- пубертет noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Malay
2 entries- baligh noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- puberti noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Marathi
1 entries- पौगंडावस्था noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Māori
1 entries- pūhuruhurutanga noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- temenê pêgihîştînê noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- temenê xwenasînê noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pubertet noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- pubertet noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Polish
3 entries- dojrzewanie płciowe noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- okres dojrzewania noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- pokwitanie noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Portuguese
1 entries- puberdade noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Romanian
1 entries- pubertate noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Russian
2 entries- полова́я зре́лость noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- полово́е созрева́ние noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वयःसंधि noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pubertet noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Spanish
1 entries- pubertad noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Swedish
1 entries- pubertet noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Tagalog
1 entries- mulansuplingan noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Thai
2 entries- ความเป็นหนุ่มสาว noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- วัยแรกรุ่น noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Turkish
1 entries- ergenlik dönemi noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- статева зрілість noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Unami
1 entries- kukhusëwakàn noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dậy thì noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Welsh
2 entries- blaenaeddfedrwydd noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
- glasoed noun (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The body changes a lot during puberty.
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Adolescence is the stage between puberty and adultery.
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From a social perspective, menarche is typically considered the central event of female puberty - but menarche does not necessarily signal that ovulation has begun occurring.
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