menstruate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/

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• 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), 来月经 (lái yuèjīng), 行經／行经 (zh) (xíngjīng), 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: menstruare
• Japanese: 生理がある (せいりがある, seiri ga aru)
• 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.

Further reading

• menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tsunameter

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

menstruate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

menstruate f pl

1. feminine plural of menstruato

Anagrams

• mestruante

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mēnstruāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō