urinate

English

Etymology

From urine +‎ -ate, from Medieval Latin urino, from Classical Latin ūrīna (“urine”). More at urea.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/, /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
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Verb

urinate (third-person singular simple present urinates, present participle urinating, simple past and past participle urinated)

(urology) To pass urine from the body.
Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're toilet-training her.
Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.
- 1877, John Harvey Kellogg, "Plain Facts for Old and Young":
  See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.

Usage notes

This is a medical term loaned from Latin, but some people prefer to use this word in some social situations as an alternative to piss which can be too vulgar and pee, wee, etc. which can sound embarrassingly childish. The same applies to the noun urine.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:urinate

Related terms

urea
urinal
urination
urine

Translations

to pass urine from the body — See also translations at pee,‎ piss,‎ wee,‎ wee-wee

Arabic: تَبَوَّلَ‎ (tabawwala), بَالَ‎ (bāla)
Hijazi Arabic: شَخّ‎ (šaḵḵ)
Armenian: միզել (hy) (mizel)
Assamese: মূতা (muta) (informal, childish), পেছাপ কৰা (pesap kora) (formal)
Asturian: mexar (ast), deburar
Azerbaijani: işəmək
Bashkir: һейеү (heyew)
Belarusian: мачы́цца impf (mačýcca)
Bengali: মুতা (bn) (muta)
Bulgarian: пика́я (bg) impf (pikája), урини́рам (bg) impf or pf (uriníram)
Burmese: ဆီးသွား (my) (hci:swa:), ကျင်ငယ်စွန့် (my) (kyangngaicwan.), သေးပေါက် (my) (se:pauk), အခင်းလေးသွား (my) (a.hkang:le:swa:), အပေါ့သွား (my) (a.pau.swa:)
Catalan: orinar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏗᎬᎠ (adigva)
Cheyenne: -só
Chinese:
Cantonese: 尿 (niu⁶), 排尿 (paai⁴ niu⁶), 屙尿 (yue) (o¹ niu⁶), 小便 (siu² bin⁶)
Hakka: 屙尿 (ô-ngiau), 尿 (ngiau)
Mandarin: 尿 (zh) (niào), 排尿 (zh) (páiniào), 撒尿 (zh) (sāniào), 小便 (zh) (xiǎobiàn)
Min Nan: 放尿 (zh-min-nan) (pàng-jiō, pàng-liō), 漩尿 (soān-jiō, soān-liō), 尿 (zh-min-nan) (jiō, liō), 小便 (zh-min-nan) (sió-piān)
Czech: močit (cs)
Dalmatian: miur
Danish: urinere (da), tisse (da)
Dutch: urineren (nl), plassen (nl)
Egyptian:

(wzš),

(fgn)
Esperanto: urini
Finnish: virtsata (fi), suhuttaa, suhauttaa
French: uriner (fr)
Middle French: uriner
Old French: uriner
Galician: mexar (gl), ouriñar (gl)
Georgian: მოშარდვა (mošardva), შარდვა (šardva)
German: urinieren (de), harnen (de), ^{(please verify)} pinkeln (de) (childish)
Greek: ουρώ (el) (ouró)
Ancient: οὐρέω (ouréō)
Hebrew: הִשְׁתִּין‎ (he)
Hungarian: vizel (hu)
Ido: urinifar (io)
Indonesian: kencing (id), berkemih (id), buang air kecil (id), pipis (id)
Italian: orinare (it), urinare (it), pisciare (it), fare pipì
Japanese: 排尿する (ja) (はいにょうする, hainyō suru), 放尿する (ja) (ほうにょうする, hōnyō suru), 小便をする (ja) (しょうべんをする, shōben o suru)
Khakas: сідирге (sìdirge)
Khmer: នោម (km) (noam)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mîstin (ku), mîz kirin (ku)
Latin: mingo
Macedonian: урини́ра impf (uriníra), мо́ча impf (móča), врши мала нужда impf (vrši mala nužda) (euphemism), оди по мала нужда impf (odi po mala nužda) (euphemism)
Malay: berkemih, berkencing
Maltese: biel
Manchu: ᠰᡳᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ
Mongolian: шээх (mn) (šeex)
Norwegian: late vannet, urinere
Occitan: orinar (oc)
Old English: mīgan
Persian: ادرار کردن‎ (fa) (edrâr kardan)
Piedmontese: uriné
Polish: oddawać mocz impf, oddać mocz pf
Portuguese: urinar (pt), mijar (pt)
Quechua: ispay (qu), jisp'ay
Romanian: urina (ro)
Russian: мочи́ться (ru) impf (močítʹsja), пи́сать (ru) impf (písatʹ) (childish or colloquial, note word stress), си́кать (ru) impf (síkatʹ) (childish or colloquial), ссать (ru) impf (ssatʹ) (vulgar)
Sanskrit: मेहति (sa) (mehati)
Scottish Gaelic: mùin
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мокрити, пишати (pišati), шорати (šorati)
Latin: mokriti (sh), pišati (sh), šorati (sh), scati (Croatia)
Slovak: močiť impf
Southern Altai: чӱштеер (čüšteer), сийер (siyer)
Spanish: orinar (es)
Swedish: urinera (sv), kissa (sv) (colloquial), pissa (sv) (colloquial), slå en drill (sv) (colloquial), göra nummer ett (colloquial)
Tabaru: osisi
Thai: ปัสสาวะ (th) (bpàt-sǎa-wá), ฉี่ (th) (chìi)
Tidore: osi
Turkish: işemek (tr)
Tuvan: сидиктээр (sidikteer)
Ukrainian: мочи́тися impf (močýtysja), пісяти (uk) impf (pisjaty) сцяти impf (scjaty)
Urdu: موتنا‎ (mūtnā)
Vietnamese: tiểu (vi), tiểu tiện (vi)
Volapük: yurinön (vo), (older term) luvatön
Yakut: ииктээ (iiktee)
Yiddish: אורינירן‎ (urinirn)