prostate

See also: prostrate and pro-state

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

[1646] From Middle French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one who stands before, protector, guardian”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒsteɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.teɪt/
• Hyphenation: pros‧tate

NounEdit

prostate (plural prostates)

1. The prostate gland.

Derived termsEdit

• prostatic
• prostatitis
• prostate cancer

TranslationsEdit

prostate gland

• Arabic: بْرُوسْتَات‎‎ m (brustāt), بَرُوسْتَات‎‎ m (barustāt), بْرُوسْتَات‎‎ m (brostāt), مُوثَة‎‎ f (mūṯa)

  Egyptian Arabic: بروستاتة‎‎ f (brustaata)

• Armenian: շագանակագեղձ (hy) (šaganakagełj)
• Bengali: প্রোস্টেট (prosţeţ), প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি (prosţeţ grônthi)
• Catalan: pròstata f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 前列腺 (cin⁴ lit⁶ sin³)

  Mandarin: 前列腺 (zh) (qiánlièxiàn), 攝護腺 (zh), 摄护腺 (zh) (shèhùxiàn)

  Min Nan: 攝護腺, 摄护腺 (liap-hō͘-sòaⁿ)

• Czech: předstojná žláza (cs) f, prostata (cs) f
• Danish: blærehalskirtel c, prostata c
• Dutch: prostaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: prostato
• Finnish: eturauhanen (fi)
• French: prostate (fr) f
• Georgian: პროსტატა (ṗrosṭaṭa)
• German: Prostata (de) f, Vorsteherdrüse f
• Greek: προστάτης (el) m (prostátis)
• Hebrew: בַּלּוּטַת הָעַרְמוֹנִית‎‎ (he) f
• Hindi: प्रोस्टेट m (prosṭeṭ)
• Hungarian: prosztata (hu)
• Icelandic: hvekkur, blöðruhálskirtill (is)
• Indonesian: prostat (id)
• Irish: próstatach m, faireog phróstatach f

• Italian: prostata (it) f
• Japanese: 前立腺 (ぜんりつせん, zenritsusen)
• Korean: 전립선 (ko) (jeonnipseon) (前立腺 (ko))
• Lithuanian: prostata f, priešinė liauka f
• Maori: repe tātea, repe ure
• Navajo: alizh bikááz
• Northern Sami: ovdaráksá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prostata

• Persian: پروستات‎‎ (fa) (prostât)
• Polish: prostata (pl) f
• Portuguese: próstata (pt) f
• Romanian: prostată (ro) f
• Russian: предста́тельная железа́ (ru) f (predstátelʹnaja železá), 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, glándula prostática f
• Swedish: prostata (sv), blåshalskörtel (sv) c
• Turkish: prostat (tr)
• Urdu: پروسٹیٹ‎‎ m (prosṭeṭ)
• Vietnamese: nhiếp hộ tuyến, tuyến tiền liệt
• Volapük: prostat (vo)

AdjectiveEdit

prostate (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the prostate gland.

Etymology 2Edit

From pro- +‎ state

AdjectiveEdit

prostate (comparative more prostate, superlative most prostate)

1. Alternative spelling of pro-state

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

prostate f

1. plural of prostata

AnagramsEdit

• portaste, prestato, protesta, spretato, sterpato, traposte

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

prōstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōstō