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)
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.
- (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
- Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the rag
Alternative forms
- menstrate (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)
Related terms
Translations
to undergo menstruation
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References
- “menstruate, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2001.
Further reading
menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Verb
menstruate
- second-person plural present indicative of menstruare
- second-person plural imperative of menstruare
- feminine plural of the past participle of menstruare
Latin
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