menses

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.siːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:menstruation.

Related terms

• menarche
• menstrual cycle
• menstruation

Translations

menstrual flow

• Bulgarian: менструация f (menstruacija)
• Burmese: မီးယပ် (my) (mi:yap), ဥတု (my) (u.tu.), ရာသီ (my) (rasi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月經 / 月经 (zh) (yuèjīng), 經血 / 经血 (zh) (jīngxuè)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: menstruatie (nl) f
• Finnish: kuukautisvuoto, kuukautiset (fi)
• French: règles (fr) f pl, menstruations (fr) f pl, menstrues (fr) f pl (archaic)
• Greek: έμμηνα (el) n pl (émmina), καταμήνια (el) n pl (katamínia)

  Ancient: ἄφεδρος f (áphedros)

• Hindi: पुष्प (hi) m (puṣp), रज (hi) m (raj)
• Italian: mestruazioni (it) f
• Japanese: 月経血 (gekkeichi), メンス (ja) (mensu)
• Latin: menstruum n
• Maori: totorewa, mate marama
• Old English: mōnaþblōd n
• Polish: krwawienie miesięczne n
• Spanish: menstruo (es) m, menstruación (es) f

References

• “menses”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• meness, mesnes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃s/

Noun

menses f

1. plural of mense

Interlingua

Noun

menses

1. plural of mense

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmẽː.seːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛn.ses]

Noun

mēnsēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mēnsis

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

mènses m (Cyrillic spelling мѐнсес)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

   Synonyms: kataménije, menstruácija, mȅnga, menoréja, mènzes, mjȅsečnica, perióda

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