Word.ws English Dictionary

menarches

menarches is the plural of menarche.

Meaning of menarche

Noun

menarche (plural menarches)

  1. The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period.
    • How old is she? Nine? Ten? The menarche is not far off – a hint of a bosom, poor child.1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
    Synonyms:
    menophania
    Antonyms:
    menopause

Questions about menarches

What is menarches the plural of?
Menarches is the plural of menarche.

Words near menarches in the dictionary

  1. menaquinones
  2. menarchal
  3. menarche
  4. menarcheal
  5. menarched
  6. menarches
  7. menarchial
  8. menarchic
  9. Menard
  10. Menard County
  11. Menards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: menarches (page history and authors); menarche (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “menarches.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/menarches. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.