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menstruate

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (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 edit

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 edit

menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References edit

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

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Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

menstruate

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

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

menstruate f pl

  1. feminine plural of menstruato

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Verb edit

mēnstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō

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Verb edit

menstruate

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