generation gap

English

Noun

generation gap (plural generation gaps)

1. A disconnect between members of one generation and members of the next based on the later generation developing habits, attitudes, and preferences inconsistent with the experience of the former.

Translations

disconnect between generations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 代溝／代沟 (doi⁶ kau¹)

  Hakka: 代溝／代沟 (thoi-kiêu)

  Hokkien: 代溝／代沟 (tāi-kau)

  Mandarin: 代溝／代沟 (zh) (dàigōu)

• Dutch: generatiekloof (nl)
• Finnish: sukupolvien välinen kuilu, sukupolvikuilu
• French: fossé des générations (fr), fracture intergénérationnelle
• Hungarian: generációs szakadék
• Italian: gap generazionale
• Russian: разры́в поколений (razrýv pokolenij)
• Spanish: brecha generacional m
• Swedish: generationsklyfta (sv) c