middle age

English

Noun

middle age (uncountable)

1. That period of life directly preceding old age, often defined roughly as ages 45–65; midlife.
   • 2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The sequel checks in with the unmoored but largely lovable characters from the first movie as they face middle age.

Derived terms

• middle-ager
• middle-age spread

Related terms

• middle-aged
• middle-agedness

Translations

the period of life preceding old age

• Assamese: আদহ (adoh), মাজ বয়স (maz boyox)
• Catalan: mitjana edat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中年 (zh) (zhōngnián)

• Esperanto: mezaĝo
• Finnish: keski-ikä (fi)
• French: âge moyen m
• German: mittleres Alter n, Mittelalter (de) n (rare)
• Irish: meánaois f
• Italian: mezza età
• Japanese: 中年 (ja) (ちゅうねん, chūnen)
• Korean: 중년 (ko) (jungnyeon)
• Romanian: vârsta de mijloc (ro) f
• Russian: сре́дний во́зраст m (srédnij vózrast)
• Spanish: mediana edad f, edad media f
• Swedish: medelålder (sv)
• Welsh: canol oed m

Proper noun

the middle age

1. Alternative letter-case form of Middle Age

See also

• Middle Ages
• mid-life crisis