different between micturate vs urinate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mictur?re (“to have the urge to urinate”), from mict?rus, from mei? (“urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?mey??- (“to urinate”). Though borrowed from Latin in Modern English (in the mid 19th century), the root of this word was present in Old English in the word m?gan (and whence Early Middle English mi?en), which simply meant “to urinate”.See: Mingere and meiere: urination.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?kt????e?t/

Verb

micturate (third-person singular simple present micturates, present participle micturating, simple past and past participle micturated)

1. (intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

• micturient
• micturition

Related terms

• retromingent

Translations

Further reading

• “micturate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From urine +? -ate, from Medieval Latin urino, from Classical Latin ?r?na (“urine”). More at urea.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?j????ne?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?j???ne?t/, /?j????ne?t/

Verb

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

1. (urology) To pass urine from the body.
   • 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

• urine
• urinal
• urination
• urea

Translations

Anagrams

• Iturean, Taurine, ruinate, taurine, uranite

Esperanto

Adverb

urinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of urini

Italian

Verb

urinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of urinare
2. second-person plural imperative of urinare
3. feminine plural of urinato

Anagrams

• taurine, uretani, uterina

Latin

Participle

?r?n?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?r?n?tus