The time of life when sex glands become functional.

synonym: pubescence.

Roget 127: youth; juvenility, juvenescence^†; juniority^†; infancy; babyhood, childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood^†; incunabula; minority, nonage, teens, tender age, bloom.    cradle, nursery, leading strings, pupilage, puberty, pucelage^†.    prime of life, flower of life, springtide of life^†, seedtime of life, golden season of life; heyday of youth, school days; rising generation.    ... show more

Dutch: puberteit
Polish: wiek przejściowy, adolescencja, dojrzewanie, pokwitanie