menstrual

English

Alternative forms

• menstruall (obsolete)
• menstral (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.stɹu.əl/, /ˈmɛn.stɹəl/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstral)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio (US; short pronunciation)

  (file)

Adjective

menstrual (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the menses.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96:

     Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.

2. (dated) Occurring once a month; monthly.
3. (dated) Lasting for a month.

   a menstrual flower

Synonyms

• catamenial
• mensal
• menstruous

Derived terms

• menstrual cup
• menstrual cycle
• menstrual fluid
• menstrual period

 

Related terms

• menstruation
• menstruous
• menstruum

 

Translations

of or having to do with the menses

• Catalan: menstrual
• Czech: menstruační (cs)
• French: menstruel (fr)
• Galician: menstrual
• Greek: εμμηνορροϊκός (el) (emminorroïkós)
• Irish: míosta

• Italian: mestruale (it)
• Polish: miesiączkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: menstrual (pt)
• Russian: менструа́льный (ru) (menstruálʹnyj), ме́сячный (ru) (mésjačnyj) (euphemistic, "monthly")
• Spanish: menstrual (es)

occurring once a month

• French: mensuel (fr)
• Greek: έμμηνος (el) (émminos), καταμήνιος (el) (katamínios)

• Italian: mensile (it)
• Russian: ме́сячный (ru) (mésjačnyj)
• Spanish: mensual (es)

lasting for a month

• Greek: μηνιαίος (el) m (miniaíos)
• Italian: mensile (it)

• Russian: ме́сячный (ru) (mésjačnyj)

Anagrams

• Ulsterman, must-learn

---

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mēnstruālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məns.tɾuˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mens.tɾuˈal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mens‧tru‧al

Adjective

menstrual (masculine and feminine plural menstruals)

1. menstrual

Related terms

• menstru
• menstruació
• menstruar

Further reading

• “menstrual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “menstrual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “menstrual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “menstrual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

---

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mēnstruālis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /mẽs.tɾuˈaw/, [mẽs.tɾuˈaʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /mẽs.tɾuˈaw/, [mẽs.tɾuˈaʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /mẽʃ.tɾuˈaw/, [mẽʃ.tɾuˈaʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /mẽʃˈtɾwal/, [mẽʃˈtɾwaɫ]

• Hyphenation: mens‧tru‧al
• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Adjective

menstrual m or f (plural menstruais, comparable)

1. menstrual (relating to menstruation)

Related terms

• menstruar

Further reading

• “menstrual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

---

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin menstrualis.

Adjective

menstrual m or n (feminine singular menstruală, masculine plural menstruali, feminine and neuter plural menstruale)

1. menstrual

Declension

Declension of menstrual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	menstrual		menstruală	menstruali	menstruale
	definite	menstrualul		menstruala	menstrualii	menstrualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	menstrual		menstruale	menstruali	menstruale
	definite	menstrualului		menstrualei	menstrualilor	menstrualelor

---

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mēnstruālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mensˈtɾwal/, [mẽnsˈt̪ɾwal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mens‧trual

Adjective

menstrual (plural menstruales)

1. menstrual (relating to menstruation)

Related terms

• menstruación
• menstruar
• menstruo

Further reading

• “menstrual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014