Meaning of preadolescence | Babel Free
Definitions
The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about 9 and 11 for girls, and 10 and 12 for boys.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Präadoleszenz
Français
préadolescence
Gaeilge
réamhógántacht
Italiano
preadolescenza
Português
pré-adolescência
Examples
“Jojo gains what Pop’s lost of his bearing. First, a brace across his thighs, all the bowlegged softness of his preadolescence dissolved to a granite stance.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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