different between menstruation vs menstruate

English

Etymology

menstruum +? -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?nst???e??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?nst?u?e??(?)n/, /-st???we?-/, /?m?n?st?e??(?)n/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: men?stru?a?tion

Noun

menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)

1. The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

Alternative forms

• menstration (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:menstruation.

Related terms

• menstrual
• menstrual cycle
• menstruate
• menstruous
• menarche
• menopause

Translations

See also

• PMT
• tampon
• sanitary towel

References

Further reading

• menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

Noun

menstruation f (plural menstruations)

1. menstruation; period

Synonyms

• règles

Swedish

Etymology

menstruum +? -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, English menstruation, Spanish menstruación.

Noun

menstruation c

1. menstruation

Declension

References

• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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?