menstruate

English

Etymology

menstruum + -ate; sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/, /ˈmɛnstɹəˌweɪt/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstrate)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • 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

Translations

Adjective

menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

  1. menstruate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

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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

menstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of menstruō
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