oestrus

See also Oestrus

English

Alternative forms

• œstrus, estrus (U.S.)

Etymology

From the Latin oestrus (“gadfly”, “sting”, “frenzy”), from the Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oistros), from Proto-Indo-European *eis, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin ira (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan aesma (“anger”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈiːstɹəs/

Noun

oestrus (plural oestruses)

1. A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
2. A bite or sting.
3. (archaic) A passion or frenzy.
4. A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.
   • 2001, David Lodge, Thinks...

     ‘It’s the supremely human act, freely to fuck, not because you are on heat, or in oestrus, like an animal, but to give and receive pleasure.’

Translations

A female animal's readiness to mate

• Bulgarian: разгонване (bg) (razgonvane) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發情 (cmn), 发情 (cmn) (fāqíng)

• Esperanto: oestro (eo)
• French: œstrus (fr) m, chaleur (fr) f
• German: Brunst (de) f

• Greek: οίστρος (el) (ístros) m
• Irish: éastras (ga) m
• Japanese: 発情 (ja) (はつじょう, hatsujō)
• Malay: estrus (ms)
• Russian: течка (ru) (téčka) f, эструс (ru) (éstrus) m
• Spanish: estro (es) m

Anagrams

• estrous, ousters, sourest, souters, toruses, tousers, tussore