menstrual

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (menses), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (of a month, monthly, of menstruation), from mēnsis (month) + -ālis (-al); see moon.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.stɹu.əl/, /ˈmɛn.stɹəl/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstral)
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Adjective

menstrual (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the menses.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96:
      Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.
  2. (dated) Occurring once a month; monthly.
  3. (dated) Lasting for a month.
    a menstrual flower

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Noun

menstrual (plural menstruals)

  1. (colloquial) A menstrual period.
    • 2012, Miryom Willis, Shirley Fisher, Trials, Tragedy, Triumphs, page 11:
      “All that drama for what” I thought. All she had to do was tell me that I was having my menstrual. So much for band aids.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mēnstruālis.

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Adjective

menstrual m or f (masculine and feminine plural menstruals)

  1. menstrual

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mēnstruālis. By surface analysis, mênstruo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽs.tɾuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽsˈtɾwaw/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽʃ.tɾuˈal/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽʃˈtɾwal/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽʃ.tɾuˈa.li/, (faster pronunciation) /mẽʃˈtɾwa.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: mens‧tru‧al

Adjective

menstrual m or f (plural menstruais)

  1. menstrual (relating to menstruation)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin menstrualis.

Adjective

menstrual m or n (feminine singular menstruală, masculine plural menstruali, feminine and neuter plural menstruale)

  1. menstrual

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mēnstruālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mensˈtɾwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mens‧trual

Adjective

menstrual m or f (masculine and feminine plural menstruales)

  1. menstrual (relating to menstruation)

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