ménopause
French
editEtymology
editFrom méno- + -pause, coined by French physician Charles de Gardanne in 1821.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editménopause f (plural ménopauses)
- menopause (period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether)
- Coordinate term: andropause
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ménopause”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.