menstruate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From menstruum + -ate; sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/, /ˈmɛnstɹəˌweɪt/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstrate)
- Rhymes: -eɪt
- Hyphenation: men‧stru‧ate
Verb
[edit]menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.
- (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
- Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the rag
Alternative forms
[edit]- menstrate (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to undergo menstruation
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Adjective
[edit]menstruate (not comparable)
References
[edit]- ^ “menstruate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.
Further reading
[edit]- menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]menstruate
- inflection of menstruare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]menstruate f pl
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]mēnstruāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]menstruate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of menstruar combined with te
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