different between urea vs urinate

English

Etymology

New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek ????? (oûron, “urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j???i??/, /?j?????/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
2. (chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).

Synonyms

• carbamide

Derived terms

• polyurea
• thiourea
• selenourea
• urea-formaldehyde resin

Translations

See also

• biuret

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Urea”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “urea”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• eaur

Finnish

Noun

urea

1. urea

Declension

Synonyms

• virtsa-aine

Anagrams

• Eura, auer

Italian

Noun

urea f (plural uree)

1. urea

Derived terms

• poliurea

Anagrams

• aure

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French urée, from Ancient Greek ????? (oûron, “urine”).

Noun

urea (indeclinable)

1. (uncountable) urea, carbamide

Synonyms

• karbamid
• urinstoff

References

• “urea” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French urée, from Ancient Greek ????? (oûron, “urine”).

Noun

urea (indeclinable)

1. (uncountable) urea, carbamide

Synonyms

• karbamid
• urinstoff

References

• “urea” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u??ea/, [u??e.a]

Noun

urea f (plural ureas)

1. urea (organic compound)

Further reading

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

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