urinate

English

Etymology

From urine +‎ -ate, from Medieval Latin urino, from Classical Latin ūrīna (“urine”). More at urea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/, /ˈjɝɪneɪt/

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Verb

1. (urology) To pass urine from the body.
   • 1877, John Harvey Kellogg, "Plain Facts for Old and Young":

     See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.

Usage notes

This is a medical term loaned from Latin, but some people prefer to use this word in some social situations as an alternative to piss which can be too vulgar and pee, wee, etc. which can sound embarrassingly childish. The same applies to the noun urine.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:urinate

Related terms

• urine
• urinal
• urination
• urea

Translations

to pass urine from the body — see also pee,‎ piss,‎ wee,‎ wee-wee

• Arabic: تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala), بَالَ (bāla)
• Armenian: միզել (hy) (mizel)
• Assamese: মূতা (muta) (informal, childish), পেছাপ কৰা (pesap kora) (formal)
• Asturian: mexar (ast), deburar
• Belarusian: мачы́цца impf (mačýcca)
• Bengali: মুতা (muta)
• Bulgarian: пика́я impf (pikája), урини́рам impf or pf (uriníram)
• Burmese: ဆီးသွား (my) (hci:swa:), ကျင်ငယ်စွန့် (my) (kyangngaicwan.), သေးပေါက် (my) (se:pauk), အခင်းလေးသွား (my) (a.hkang:le:swa:), အပေါ့သွား (my) (a.pau.swa:)
• Catalan: orinar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 尿 (niu⁶), 排尿 (paai⁴ niu⁶), 屙尿 (yue) (o¹ niu⁶), 小便 (siu² bin⁶)

  Hakka: 屙尿 (ô-ngiau), 尿 (ngiau)

  Mandarin: 尿 (zh) (niào), 排尿 (zh) (páiniào), 撒尿 (zh) (sāniào), 小便 (zh) (xiǎobiàn)

  Min Nan: 放尿 (zh-min-nan) (pàng-jiō, pàng-liō), 漩尿 (soān-jiō, soān-liō), 尿 (zh-min-nan) (jiō, liō), 小便 (zh-min-nan) (sió-piān)

• Czech: močit (cs)
• Dalmatian: miur
• Danish: urinere (da), tisse (da)
• Dutch: urineren (nl), plassen (nl)
• Egyptian: (wzš), (fgn)
• Esperanto: urini
• Finnish: virtsata (fi), suhuttaa, suhauttaa
• French: uriner (fr)

  Middle French: uriner

  Old French: uriner

• Galician: mexar (gl), ouriñar (gl)
• Georgian: მოშარდვა (mošardva), შარდვა (šardva)
• German: urinieren (de), harnen (de), ^{(please verify)} pinkeln (de) (childish)
• Greek: ουρώ (el) (ouró)

  Ancient: οὐρέω (ouréō)

• Hebrew: הִשְׁתִּין (he)
• Ido: urinifar (io)
• Indonesian: kencing (id), berkemih (id), buang air kecil (id), pipis (id)
• Italian: orinare (it), urinare (it), liberarsi (it)
• Japanese: 排尿する (はいにょうする, hainyō suru), 放尿する (ほうにょうする, hōnyō suru), 小便をする (ja) (しょうべんをする, shōben o suru)
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• Khakas: сідирге (sìdirge)
• Khmer: នោម (km) (noam)
• Kurdish: ,
• Latin: mingo
• Malay: berkemih, berkencing
• Maltese: biel
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ (sitembi)
• Mongolian: шээх (mn) (šeex)
• Norwegian: late vannet, urinere
• Old English: mīgan
• Persian: ادرار کردن (fa) (edrâr kardan)
• Polish: oddać mocz, oddawać mocz
• Portuguese: urinar (pt), mijar (pt)
• Quechua: ispay (qu), jisp'ay
• Romanian: urina (ro)
• Russian: мочи́ться (ru) impf (močítʹsja), пи́сать (ru) (písatʹ) (childish or colloquial, note word stress) impf, си́кать (ru) (síkatʹ) (childish or colloquial) impf, ссать (ru) impf (ssatʹ) (vulgar)
• Scottish Gaelic: mùin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мокрити, пишати (pišati), шорати (šorati)

  Latin: mokriti (sh), pišati (sh), šorati (sh)

• Slovak: močiť impf
• Southern Altai: чӱштеер (čüšteer)
• Spanish: orinar (es)
• Swedish: urinera (sv), kissa (sv) (colloquial), pissa (sv) (colloquial), slå en drill (sv) (colloquial), göra nummer ett (colloquial)
• Thai: ปัสสาวะ (th) (bpàt-sǎa-wá), ฉี่ (th) (chìi)
• Turkish: işemek (tr)
• Tuvan: сидиктээр (sidikteer)
• Ukrainian: мочи́тися impf (močýtysja)
• Urdu: موتنا (mūtnā)
• Vietnamese: tiểu (vi), tiểu tiện (vi)
• Volapük: yurinön (vo), (older term) luvatön
• Yakut: ииктээ (iiktee)

Anagrams

• Taurine, ruinate, taurine, uranite

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Esperanto

Adverb

urinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of urini

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Italian

Verb

urinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of urinare
2. second-person plural imperative of urinare
3. feminine plural of urinato

Anagrams

• taurine, uretani, uterina

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ūrīnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ūrīnātus