menstruation

menstruation

See also: Menstruation

English

Etymology

menstruum +‎ -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuːˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/, /-stɹəˈweɪ-/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: men‧stru‧a‧tion

Noun

menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)

1. The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 267:

     It would seem that in Avebury, Stonehenge, and Malta the mystery cult of menstruation/mensuration reached its most consummate development.

2. An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.

Alternative forms

• menstration (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:menstruation.

Related terms

• menstrual
• menstrual cycle
• menstruate
• menstruous
• menarche
• menopause

Translations

periodic discharging of the menses

Albanian: menstruacion m, lara (sq) f Arabic: حَيْض‎ m (ḥayḍ), طَمْث‎ m (ṭamṯ) Egyptian Arabic: دورة‎ f (dawra), عادة‎ f (ʿāda), بريوت‎ f (biryūt) ("period") Armenian: դաշտան (hy) (daštan), մենստրուացիա (hy) (menstruacʿia) Old Armenian: դաշտան (daštan) Azerbaijani: aybaşı Belarusian: менструа́цыя f (mjenstruácyja) Bengali: রজঃস্রাব (rôjḥsrabô), স্ত্রীধর্ম (strīdhôrmô), স্ত্রীরজ (strīrôjô), কুসুম (bn) (kusum) Bulgarian: менструа́ция f (menstruácija) Burmese: ရာသီလာခြင်း (rasilahkrang:), ဓမ္မတာ (my) (dhamma.ta), ပန်း (my) (pan:) Catalan: menstruació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 月經／月经 (zh) (yuèjīng), 經血／经血 (zh) (jīngxuè), 經期／经期 (zh) (jīngqī) Czech: menstruace (cs) f Danish: menstruation c Dutch: menstruatie (nl), ongesteldheid (nl) f Egyptian: (ḥzmn) Esperanto: menstruo Estonian: menstruatsioon Ewe: dzinukpɔkpɔ, ɣletikpɔkpɔ Finnish: kuukautiskierto (fi), kuukautiset (fi), menkat (fi) French: menstruation (fr) f Galician: menstruación (gl) f Gamilaraay: malagan Georgian: მენსტრუაცია (mensṭruacia), თვიური (tviuri) German: Menstruation (de) f, Periode (de) f, ihre Tage haben, Regel (de) f, Regelblutung (de) f, Monatsblutung (de) f Greek: εμμηνόρροια (el) f (emminórroia), περίοδος (el) (períodos) Ancient: ἀφεδρεία f (aphedreía) Greenlandic: aaqartarneq Hebrew: וֶסֶת‎ (he) (veset) Hindi: रजोधर्म (hi) m (rajodharm), ऋतुस्राव m (ŕtusrāv), ऋतु (hi) m (ŕtu) (period, season), रजोस्राव m (rajosrāv), स्त्रीधर्म (hi) m (strīdharm), स्त्रीरज (hi) m (strīraj), कुसुम (hi) f (kusum), रजोदर्शन (hi) m (rajodarśan), रज (hi) m (raj), रजस्त्राव m (rajastrāv), मासिक धर्म m (māsik dharm), ऋत्व (hi) f (ŕtva), हैज (hi) m (haij), आर्तव (hi) m (ārtav), रजःस्राव m (rajaḥsrāv), पीरियड m (pīriyaḍ), मासिकधर्म (hi) m (māsikdharm) Hungarian: menstruáció (hu) Icelandic: blæðingar f pl, tíðir f pl Indonesian: menstruasi (id), haid (id), datang bulan (id) Irish: fuil mhíosta f, míostrú m Italian: mestruazione (it) f, ciclo (it) m Japanese: 月経 (ja) (げっけい, gekkei), 月事 (げつじ, getsuji), 生理 (ja) (seiri) Kazakh: етеккір (etekkır) Khmer: ដំណើរមានរដូវ (dɑmnaə mien rɔdəv), រដូវ (rɔdəv) Kikuyu: mweri class 3 Korean: 월경 (ko) (wolgyeong), 생리 (ko) (saengni) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: xwîndîtin (ku) Kyrgyz: айыз (ky) (ayız) Lao: ການມີລະດູ (kān mī la dū) Latin: menstrua n pl Latvian: menstruācija f Lithuanian: mėnesinių ciklas, menstruacija f Macedonian: менструа́ција f (menstruácija) Malay: haid (ms) Manchu: ᡥᠠᠯᠠᠨ (halan) Maori: mate wahine, mate marama, waiwhero Marathi: पाळी f (pāḷī), मासिक पाळी f (māsik pāḷī), ऋतु (mr) f (ŕtu) ऋत्व f (ŕtva) आर्तव f (ārtav) रजस् f (rajas) कन्याव्रत f (kanyāvrat) Mongolian: биеийн юм (bijeiin jüm) Norwegian: menstruasjon Old East Slavic: цвѣтьно (cvětĭno) Persian: عادت ماهانه‎ (fa) (âdat-e mâhâne), قاعدگی‎ (fa) (qâ'edegi), پریود‎ (fa) (period), حیض‎ (fa) (heyz), دشتان‎ (fa) (daštân) Piedmontese: mëstruassion f Polish: miesiączka (pl) f, menstruacja (pl) f, okres (pl) m Portuguese: menstruação (pt) f, regras (pt) f pl Romagnol: régul f pl Romanian: menstruație (ro) f Russian: менструа́ция (ru) f (menstruácija), менструа́льный цикл (ru) m (menstruálʹnyj cikl), ме́сячные (ru) pl (mésjačnyje) Sanskrit: ऋतु (sa) m (ṛtu) Scottish Gaelic: fuil-mhìos f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мјесечница f, менструација f Roman: mjesečnica (sh) f, menstruacija (sh) f Slovak: menštruácia f Slovene: menstruacija (sl) f, číšča f Spanish: menstruación (es) f, regla (es) f, achaque (es) m, periodo (es) m Sundanese: ᮊᮛᮨᮞᮨᮘᮔ᮪ (kareseban) Swahili: hedhi (sw) Swedish: menstruation (sv) c Tagalog: kanya, sapanahon, regla, buwanang dalaw Tajik: ҳайз (hayz) Telugu: ఋతుస్రావం (r̥tusrāvaṁ) Thai: ประจำเดือน (th) (bprà-jam-dʉʉan), เมนส์ (th) (men), ระดู (th) (rá-duu) Turkish: âdet (tr), aybaşı (tr), hayız (tr), regl (tr) Turkmen: aýbaşy (tk) Ukrainian: мі́сячні pl (mísjačni), менструа́ція f (menstruácija) Urdu: حیض‎ (hayz) Uzbek: hayz (uz) Vietnamese: chu kỳ kinh nguyệt, kinh nguyệt (vi) Yiddish: מענסטרואַציע‎ (menstruatsye), ווסתּ‎ f (ves(e)t), ווסת‎ f (veyses), צײַט‎ (yi) f (tsayt)

instance or period of menstruation

Chinese: Mandarin: 每个月那几天 Danish: tid på måneden Finnish: se aika kuusta Indonesian: datang bulan (id)

See also

• PMT
• tampon
• sanitary towel

References

1. “menstruation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛnsdʁuɑˈɕoˀn/, /mɛnsdʁuaˈɕoˀn/

Noun

menstruation c (singular definite menstruationen, plural indefinite menstruationer)

1. menstruation

Declension

Declension of menstruation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	menstruation	menstruationen	menstruationer	menstruationerne
genitive	menstruations	menstruationens	menstruationers	menstruationernes

References

• “menstruation” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

menstruation f (plural menstruations)

1. menstruation; period

   Synonym: règles

Further reading

• “menstruation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Swedish

Etymology

menstruum +‎ -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, English menstruation, Spanish menstruación.

Noun

menstruation c

1. menstruation

Declension

Declension of menstruation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	menstruation	menstruationen	menstruationer	menstruationerna
Genitive	menstruations	menstruationens	menstruationers	menstruationernas

Derived terms

• mens

Related terms

• menstruera

References

• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)