menstruate

English

Etymology

menstruum + -ate; sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/, /ˈmɛnstɹəˌweɪt/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstrate)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Hyphenation: men‧stru‧ate

Verb

menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
    Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the rag

Alternative forms

Translations

Adjective

menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

  1. menstruate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

menstruate

  1. inflection of menstruare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

menstruate f pl

  1. feminine plural of menstruato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

mēnstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō

Spanish

Verb

menstruate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of menstruar combined with te
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.