different between menstruate vs menstrate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?nst??e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?nst?u?e?t/, /?m?nst???we?t/, /?m?n?st?e?t/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstrate)
• Rhymes: -e?t
• 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

• menstrate (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Related terms

• menstrual
• menstruation
• menstruator
• menstruous

Translations

Adjective

menstruate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

Further reading

• menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tsunameter

Italian

Verb

menstruate

1. second-person plural present indicative of menstruare
2. second-person plural imperative of menstruare
3. feminine plural of the past participle of menstruare

Latin

Verb

m?nstru?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of m?nstru?

English

Etymology

Representing a disyllabic pronunciation of menstruate. Compare menstral, representing a disyllabic pronunciation of menstrual, and menstration, representing a trisyllabic pronunciation of menstruation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?st?e?t/

Verb

menstrate (third-person singular simple present menstrates, present participle menstrating, simple past and past participle menstrated)

1. (nonstandard, possibly proscribed) Alternative form of menstruate

Anagrams

• Streetman, Testerman