menstruate

menstruate

English

Etymology

menstruum +‎ -ate; sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/, /ˈmɛnstɹəˌweɪt/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstrate)
• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: men‧stru‧ate

Verb

menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)

1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.
2. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.

   Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the rag

Alternative forms

• menstrate (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Related terms

• menstrual
• menstruation
• menstruator
• menstruous

Translations

to undergo menstruation

Arabic: حَاضَ‎ (ḥāḍa) Burmese: သွေးပေါ် (my) (swe:pau) Catalan: menstruar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 來月經／来月经 (lái yuèjīng), 行經／行经 (zh) (xíngjīng) Czech: menstruovat impf Danish: menstruere Egyptian: (ḥzmn) Finnish: olla kuukautiset (fi) French: avoir ses règles Galician: menstruar German: menstruieren (de), den Monatsfluss haben Irish: míostraigh Italian: menstruare Japanese: 生理がある (せいりがある, seiri ga aru) Khmer: មានរដូវ (miən rɔdəw) Korean: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: menstruere Nynorsk: menstruera, menstruere Polish: miesiączkować (pl) Portuguese: menstruar (pt) Russian: менструи́ровать (ru) impf (menstruírovatʹ), име́ть ме́сячные impf (imétʹ mésjačnyje), име́ть менструа́цию impf (imétʹ menstruáciju), быть в пери́оде менструа́ции impf (bytʹ v període menstruácii) Spanish: menstruar (es) Swedish: menstruera, ha menstruation Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

menstruate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

1. “menstruate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

Further reading

• menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tsunameter

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Italian

Verb

menstruate

1. inflection of menstruare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

menstruate f pl

1. feminine plural of menstruato

Anagrams

• mestruante

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Latin

Verb

mēnstruāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō