different between oestrus vs menstrual

English

Alternative forms

• œstrus, estrus (U.S.)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (oîstros), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin ?ra (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan ????????????????????? (aesma, “anger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?st??s/

Noun

oestrus (plural oestruses)

1. A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
2. A bite or sting.
3. (archaic) A passion or frenzy.
4. A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.
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     ‘It’s the supremely human act, freely to fuck, not because you are on heat, or in oestrus, like an animal, but to give and receive pleasure.’

Derived terms

• oestrogen

Translations

Anagrams

• Souters, Strouse, estrous, ousters, rousest, sestuor, sourest, souters, toruses, tousers, trouses, trousse, tussore

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (oîstros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?oe?s.trus/, [?oe?s?t???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?es.trus/, [??st??us]

Noun

oestrus m (genitive oestr?); second declension

1. gadfly

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• as?lus
• tab?nus

Descendants

References

• oestrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oestrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oestrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• oestrus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Alternative forms

• menstruall (obsolete)
• menstral (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle English menstruall, from Latin m?nstru?lis, from m?nstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of m?nstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from m?nsis (“month”) + -?lis (“-al”); see moon.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n.st?u.?l/, /?m?n.st??l/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstral)

Adjective

menstrual (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the menses.
2. (dated) Occurring once a month; monthly.
3. (dated) Lasting for a month.

Synonyms

• catamenial
• mensal
• menstruous

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?nstru?lis.

Adjective

menstrual (masculine and feminine plural menstruals)

1. menstrual

Related terms

• menstru
• menstruar

Further reading

• “menstrual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “menstrual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “menstrual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “menstrual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin m?nstru?lis.

Adjective

menstrual m or f (plural menstruais, comparable)

1. menstrual (relating to menstruation)

Related terms

• menstruar

Further reading

• “menstrual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin m?nstru?lis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

menstrual (plural menstruales)

1. menstrual (relating to menstruation)

Related terms

• menstruar
• menstruo

Further reading

• “menstrual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.