Etymology 1
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From Middle French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one who stands before, protector, guardian”).
Pronunciation
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prostate (plural prostates)
- The prostate gland. [from 1646]
2022 August 24, Pip Dunn, “A Life Remembered: Paul Taylor - February 9 1971-August 9 2022”, in RAIL, number 964, page 24:Finally, Paul made me get my prostate checked. As I say, he's already left a legacy. But if you haven't chaps, please get yourself checked over - it's worth it.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Translations
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- Arabic: بْرُوسْتَات m (brustāt), بَرُوسْتَات m (barustāt), بْرُوسْتَات m (brostāt), مُوثَة f (mūṯa)
- Egyptian Arabic: بروستاتة f (brustāta)
- Armenian: շագանակագեղձ (hy) (šaganakageġj)
- Aromanian: prustat m
- Bengali: প্রোস্টেট (bn) (prōsṭeṭ), প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি (bn) (prōsṭeṭ gronthi)
- Bulgarian: простата (bg) f (prostata)
- Catalan: pròstata (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 前列腺 (cin4 lit6 sin3)
- Hokkien: 攝護腺/摄护腺 (liap-hō͘-sòaⁿ)
- Mandarin: 前列腺 (zh) (qiánlièxiàn), 攝護腺/摄护腺 (zh) (shèhùxiàn)
- Czech: prostata (cs) f
- Danish: prostata c
- Dutch: prostaat (nl) m
- Esperanto: prostato
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: eturauhanen (fi)
- French: prostate (fr) f
- Friulian: prostate f
- Galician: próstata (gl) f
- Georgian: პროსტატა (ṗrosṭaṭa)
- German: Prostata (de) f
- Greek: προστάτης (el) m (prostátis)
- Hindi: प्रोस्टेट m (prosṭeṭ)
- Hungarian: prosztata (hu)
- Icelandic: hvekkur
- Indonesian: prostat (id)
- Irish: próstatach m
- Italian: prostata (it) f
- Japanese: 前立腺 (ja) (ぜんりつせん, zenritsusen)
- Kazakh: қуықалды без (quyqaldy bez)
- Khmer: ប្រូស្តាត (proustaat)
- Korean: 전립선(前立腺) (ko) (jeonnipseon)
- Latvian: priekšdziedzeris m
- Lithuanian: prostata f
- Maori: repe tātea, repe ure
- Mongolian:
- түрүү булчирхай (türüü bulčirxaj), урьд булчирхай (urʹd bulčirxaj) (China)
- ᠲᠦᠷᠦᠭᠦᠦ
ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (türügüü bulčirqai), ᠤᠷᠢᠳᠤ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (uridu bulčirqai)
- Navajo: alizh bikááz
- Northern Sami: ovdaráksá
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: prostata m
- Nynorsk: prostata m
- Occitan: prostata f
- Persian: پروستات (fa) (porostât, prostât)
- Polish: prostata (pl) f
- Portuguese: próstata (pt) f
- Romanian: prostată (ro) f
- Russian: проста́та (ru) f (prostáta)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: простата f, корењача f
- Roman: prostata (sh) f, korenjača f
- Slovene: prostata (sl) f, obsečnica f
- Spanish: próstata (es) f
- Swedish: prostata (sv)
- Turkish: prostat (tr)
- Ukrainian: проста́та f (prostáta)
- Urdu: پروسٹیٹ m (prosṭeṭ)
- Uyghur: مەزى بېزى (mezi bëzi)
- Vietnamese: nhiếp hộ tuyến, tuyến tiền liệt (vi)
- Volapük: prostat (vo)
- Welsh: prostad f
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Adjective
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prostate (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the prostate gland.
Etymology 2
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From pro- + state.
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈsteɪt/
- Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt
- Hyphenation: pro‧state
Adjective
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prostate (comparative more prostate, superlative most prostate)
- Alternative spelling of pro-state
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