menstruation
See also: Menstruation
English edit
Etymology edit
menstruum + -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación,[1] displaced Old English mōnaþblōd (literally “monthblood”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuːˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/, /-stɹəˈweɪ-/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)
Audio (GA; longer pronunciation): (file) Audio (GA; short pronunciation): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: men‧stru‧a‧tion
Noun edit
menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)
- The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 267:
- It would seem that in Avebury, Stonehenge, and Malta the mystery cult of menstruation/mensuration reached its most consummate development.
- An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.
Alternative forms edit
- menstration (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
periodic discharging of the menses
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instance or period of menstruation
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ “menstruation, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
menstruation c (singular definite menstruationen, plural indefinite menstruationer)
Declension edit
Declension of menstruation
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | menstruation | menstruationen | menstruationer | menstruationerne |
genitive | menstruations | menstruationens | menstruationers | menstruationernes |
References edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Noun edit
menstruation f (plural menstruations)
- menstruation; period
- Synonym: règles
Further reading edit
- “menstruation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
menstruum + -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, English menstruation, Spanish menstruación.
Noun edit
menstruation c
- menstruation
- Synonym: mens
Declension edit
Declension of menstruation | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | menstruation | menstruationen | menstruationer | menstruationerna |
Genitive | menstruations | menstruationens | menstruationers | menstruationernas |
Related terms edit
References edit
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