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

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

• Burmese: မီးယပ် (my) (mi:yap)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: menstruatie (nl) f
• Finnish: kuukautisvuoto, kuukautiset (fi)
• French: règles (fr), menstruation (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: έμμηνα (el) n pl (émmina), καταμήνια n pl (katamínia)

  Ancient: ἄφεδρος f (áphedros)

• Hindi: पुष्प (hi) m (puṣp)
• Italian: mestruazioni (it) f
• Latin: menstruum n
• Maori: totorewa, mate marama
• Old English: mōnaþblōd n

References

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

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

(deprecated template usage) 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