urinate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine +‎ -ate. Compare French uriner.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/, /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/

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Verb

urinate (third-person singular simple present urinates, present participle urinating, simple past and past participle urinated)

1. (intransitive, urology) To pass urine from the body.

   Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.

   Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.

   • 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

• urea
• urinal
• urination
• urine

Translations

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

• Arabic: تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala), بَالَ (bāla)

  Hijazi Arabic: شَخّ (šaḵḵ)

• Armenian: միզել (hy) (mizel)
• Assamese: মূতা (muta) (informal, childish), পেছাপ কৰা (pesap kora) (formal)
• Asturian: mexar (ast), deburar
• Azerbaijani: işəmək
• Bashkir: һейеү (heyew)
• Belarusian: мачы́цца impf (mačýcca)
• Bengali: মুতা (bn) (muta)
• Bulgarian: пика́я (bg) impf (pikája), урини́рам (bg) 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)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏗᎬᎠ (adigva)
• Cheyenne: -só
• Chinese:

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

  Hakka: 屙尿 (ô-ngiau), 尿 (ngiau)

  Hokkien: 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)

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

• Czech: močit (cs)
• Dalmatian: miur
• Danish: urinere (da), tisse (da)
• Dutch: urineren (nl), plassen (nl)
• Egyptian: (wzš), (fgn)
• Esperanto: urini, maltrinki (eo), pisi (eo)
• 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)
• Hungarian: vizel (hu)
• Ido: urinifar (io)
• Indonesian: kencing (id), berkemih (id), buang air kecil (id), pipis (id)
• Ingrian: kussa
• Italian: orinare (it), urinare (it), pisciare (it), fare pipì
• Japanese: 排尿する (ja) (はいにょうする, hainyō suru), 放尿する (ja) (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)
• Khakas: сідирге (sìdirge)
• Khmer: នោម (km) (noam)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mîstin (ku), mîz kirin (ku)

• Latin: mingo
• Lithuanian: myžti (lt), šlapintis
• Macedonian: урини́ра impf (uriníra), мо́ча impf (móča), врши мала нужда impf (vrši mala nužda) (euphemism), оди по мала нужда impf (odi po mala nužda) (euphemism)
• Malay: berkemih, berkencing
• Maltese: biel
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ (sitembi)
• Mongolian: шээх (mn) (šeex)
• Norwegian: urinere, slå lens
• Occitan: orinar (oc)
• Old English: mīgan
• Persian: ادرار کردن (fa) (edrâr kardan)
• Piedmontese: uriné
• Polish: oddawać mocz impf, oddać mocz pf
• Portuguese: urinar (pt), mijar (pt) (informal, vulgar)
• Quechua: ispay (qu), jisp'ay
• Romanian: urina (ro)
• Russian: мочи́ться (ru) impf (močítʹsja), пи́сать (ru) impf (písatʹ) (childish or colloquial, note word stress), си́кать (ru) impf (síkatʹ) (childish or colloquial), ссать (ru) impf (ssatʹ) (vulgar)
• Sanskrit: मेहति (sa) (mehati)
• Scottish Gaelic: mùin
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

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

• Slovak: močiť impf
• Southern Altai: чӱштеер (čüšteer), сийер (siyer)
• Spanish: orinar (es)
• Swahili: -kojoa, -tabawali
• Swedish: urinera (sv), kissa (sv) (colloquial), pissa (sv) (colloquial), slå en drill (sv) (colloquial), göra nummer ett (colloquial), slå en sjua (sv)
• Tabaru: osisi
• Tagalog: umihi, ihian
• Thai: ปัสสาวะ (th) (bpàt-sǎa-wá), ฉี่ (th) (chìi)
• Tidore: osi
• Turkish: işemek (tr)
• Tuvan: сидиктээр (sidikteer)
• Udi: чишпсун (čišpsun)
• Ukrainian: мочи́тися impf (močýtysja), пісяти (uk) impf (pisjaty) сцяти impf (scjaty)
• Urdu: موتنا (mūtnā)
• Vietnamese: tiểu (vi), tiểu tiện (vi)
• Volapük: yurinön (vo), (older term) luvatön
• Welsh: troethi (cy), gwneud dŵr (cy) (literally “to make water”)
• Yakut: ииктээ (iiktee)
• Yiddish: אורינירן (urinirn)
• Yucatec Maya: wiix

See also

• uranate

Anagrams

• Iturean, Taurine, ruinate, taurine, uranite

Esperanto

Adverb

urinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of urini

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

urinate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

urinate f pl

1. feminine plural of urinato

Anagrams

• Rutenia, taurine, unterai, uretani, uterina

Latin

Participle

ūrīnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ūrīnātus