menstruation
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See also: Menstruation
English
Etymology
menstruum + -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación, displaced Old English mōnaþblōd (literally “monthblood”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuːˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/, /-stɹəˈweɪ-/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)
Audio (General American, longer pronunciation); /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/: (file) Audio (General American, short pronunciation); /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/: (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: men‧stru‧a‧tion
Noun
menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)
- The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 267:
- It would seem that in Avebury, Stonehenge, and Malta the mystery cult of menstruation/mensuration reached its most consummate development.
- An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.
Alternative forms
- menstration (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)
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Translations
periodic discharging of the menses
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instance or period of menstruation
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See also
References
- ^ “menstruation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
menstruation c (singular definite menstruationen, plural indefinite menstruationer)
Declension
Declension of menstruation
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | menstruation | menstruationen | menstruationer | menstruationerne |
| genitive | menstruations | menstruationens | menstruationers | menstruationernes |
References
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
menstruation f (plural menstruations)
- menstruation; period
- Synonym: règles
Further reading
- “menstruation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Swedish
Etymology
menstruum + -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, English menstruation, Spanish menstruación.
Noun
menstruation c
- menstruation
- Synonym: mens
Declension
| Declension of menstruation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | menstruation | menstruationen | menstruationer | menstruationerna |
| Genitive | menstruations | menstruationens | menstruationers | menstruationernas |