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menstruate

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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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Translations

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Adjective

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menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

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

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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menstruate

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

Etymology 2

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Participle

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menstruate f pl

  1. feminine plural of menstruato

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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mēnstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō

Spanish

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Verb

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menstruate

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