prostate

prostate

See also: prostrate and pro-state

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one who stands before, protector, guardian”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.teɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɔs.teɪt/
• Hyphenation: pros‧tate

Noun

prostate (plural prostates)

1. (anatomy) The prostate gland. [from 1646]
   • 2022 August 24, Pip Dunn, “A Life Remembered: Paul Taylor - February 9 1971-August 9 2022”, in RAIL, number 964, page 24:

     Finally, Paul made me get my prostate checked. As I say, he's already left a legacy. But if you haven't chaps, please get yourself checked over - it's worth it.

Derived terms

• prostatic
• prostatitis
• prostate cancer
• prostatectomy
• prostate massage

Descendants

• → Hindi: प्रोस्टेट (prosṭeṭ)
• → Urdu: پروسٹیٹ‎ (prosṭeṭ)

Translations

prostate gland

Arabic: بْرُوسْتَات‎ m (brustāt), بَرُوسْتَات‎ m (barustāt), بْرُوسْتَات‎ m (brostāt), مُوثَة‎ f (mūṯa) Egyptian Arabic: بروستاتة‎ f (brustāta) Armenian: շագանակագեղձ (hy) (šaganakagełj) Aromanian: prustat m Bengali: প্রোস্টেট (bn) (prosṭeṭ), প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি (bn) (prosṭeṭ grônthi) Bulgarian: простата (bg) f (prostata) Catalan: pròstata (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 前列腺 (cin4 lit6 sin3) Mandarin: 前列腺 (zh) (qiánlièxiàn), 攝護腺／摄护腺 (zh) (shèhùxiàn) Min Nan: 攝護腺, 摄护腺 (liap-hō͘-sòaⁿ) Czech: předstojná žláza (cs) f, prostata (cs) f Danish: blærehalskirtel c, prostata c Dutch: prostaat (nl) m Esperanto: prostato Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: eturauhanen (fi) French: prostate (fr) f Friulian: prostate f Galician: próstata (gl) f Georgian: პროსტატა (ṗrosṭaṭa) German: Prostata (de) f, Vorsteherdrüse (de) f Greek: προστάτης (el) m (prostátis) Hebrew: בַּלּוּטַת הָעַרְמוֹנִית‎ (he) f Hindi: प्रोस्टेट m (prosṭeṭ) Hungarian: prosztata (hu) Icelandic: hvekkur, blöðruhálskirtill (is) Indonesian: prostat (id) Irish: próstatach m, faireog phróstatach f Italian: prostata (it) f Japanese: 前立腺 (ぜんりつせん, zenritsusen) Kazakh: қуықалды без (quyqaldy bez) Khmer: ប្រូស្តាត (proustaat) Korean: 전립선(前立腺) (ko) (jeonnipseon) Latvian: priekšdziedzeris m Lithuanian: prostata f, priešinė liauka f Maori: repe tātea, repe ure Mongolian: түрүү булчирхай (türüü bulčirxaj) ᠲᠦᠷᠦᠭᠦᠦ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (türügüü bulčirqai̯) урьд булчирхай (urʹd bulčirxaj) ᠤᠷᠢᠳᠤ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (uridu bulčirqai̯) (Inner Mongolia) Navajo: alizh bikááz Northern Sami: ovdaráksá Norwegian: Bokmål: prostata m Nynorsk: prostata m Occitan: please add this translation if you can Persian: پروستات‎ (fa) (prostât) Polish: prostata (pl) f Portuguese: próstata (pt) f Romanian: prostată (ro) f Russian: предста́тельная железа́ (ru) f (predstátelʹnaja železá), проста́та (ru) f (prostáta) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: простата f, корењача f Roman: prostata (sh) f, korenjača f Slovene: prostata (sl) f, obsečnica f Spanish: próstata (es) f, glándula prostática f Swedish: prostata (sv), blåshalskörtel (sv) c Turkish: prostat (tr) Ukrainian: проста́та f (prostáta), передміху́рова за́лоза f (peredmixúrova záloza) Urdu: پروسٹیٹ‎ m (prosṭeṭ) Vietnamese: nhiếp hộ tuyến, tuyến tiền liệt (vi) Volapük: prostat (vo) Welsh: prostad f, chwarren brostad f

Adjective

prostate (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the prostate gland.

Etymology 2

From pro- +‎ state.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈsteɪt/
• Hyphenation: pro‧state

Adjective

prostate (comparative more prostate, superlative most prostate)

1. Alternative spelling of pro-state

Further reading

• prostate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

prostate f (plural prostates)

1. prostate

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

prostate f

1. plural of prostata

Anagrams

• Serpotta, aspretto, portaste, prestato, protesta, sportate, spretato, sterpato, traposte

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Latin

Verb

prōstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōstō