maturation

maturation

English

Etymology

From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio.

Noun

maturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)

1. The process of becoming mature.
2. (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
3. (medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

Derived terms

• hypomaturation

Translations

process of becoming mature

Catalan: maduració (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 成熟 (zh) (chéngshú) Finnish: kypsyminen (fi) French: maturation (fr) f Georgian: მომწიფება (momc̣ipeba) German: Reifung f Greek: ωρίμανση (el) f (orímansi) Japanese: 成熟 (ja) (せいじゅく, seijuku) Macedonian: созревање n (sozrevanje) Portuguese: maturação (pt) f Russian: созрева́ние (ru) n (sozrevánije) Spanish: maduración (es) f

Anagrams

• natatorium

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French

Etymology

From Latin mātūrātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

maturation f (plural maturations)

1. maturation

Further reading

• “maturation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.