menses

English

Etymology

From Latin mēnsis (“month”), the plural being mēnsēs (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Confer month.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen.siːz/

Noun

menses pl (plural only)

1. The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.

Related terms

• menstruation
• menstrual cycle
• menarche

Translations

menstrual flow

• Dutch: menstruatie (nl) f
• Finnish: kuukautisvuoto, kuukautiset (fi)
• French: règles (fr), menstruation (fr)
• Greek: έμμηνα (el) n pl (émmina), καταμήνια n pl (katamínia)

• Italian: mestruazioni (it) f
• Mandarin: 月经 (zh)
• Maori: totorewa, mate marama

References

• menses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

• Menstrual cycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• meness, mesnes

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French

Noun

menses f

1. plural of mense

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Interlingua

Noun

menses

1. plural of mense

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Latin

Noun

mēnsēs

1. nominative plural of mēnsis
2. accusative plural of mēnsis
3. vocative plural of mēnsis

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

menses m (Cyrillic spelling менсес)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

Synonyms

• katamenije, menstruacija, menga, menoreja, menzes, mjesečnica, perioda, menzes