menstruate

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (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

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Adjective

menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

  1. ^ “menstruate, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

menstruate

  1. inflection of menstruare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

menstruate f pl

  1. feminine plural of menstruato

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Latin

Verb

mēnstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō

Spanish

Verb

menstruate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of menstruar combined with te
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