menopause
/ˈmɛnəpɔːz/
menopause noun: the period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
Noun
menopause (countable and uncountable, plural menopauses)
- The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
- The encounter soured Thomas's relationship with Jessa, who had founded the mobile payments company, with the chief executive eventually attributing the 51-year-old's behavior to the menopause, an employment tribunal was told.2023 November 24, Jonathan Ames, “‘Menopausal’ director wins discrimination case over Bibimoney boss’s jibe”, in The Times of London
- The council is proposing to include guidance to magistrates and judges to consider the impact of the menopause on the behaviour of women typically aged between 45 and 55.[…]Earlier this year an employment tribunal took account of a woman’s menopause symptoms in her claim of discrimination by her...2023 November 29, Charles Hymas, “Menopausal female offenders could be spared jail under new sentencing guidelines”, in The Telegraph
- The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.
Verb
menopause (third-person singular simple present menopauses, present participle menopausing, simple past and past participle menopaused)
- To undergo menopause.
menopause meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
menopause in Hindi
- ending of menstruation
- रजोनिवृत्ति rajonivŕtti
menopause in Tamil
- மாதவிடாய் ஓய்வு, மாதவிடாய் நிறுத்தம், கீற்று மாறல், மாதவிடாய் அற்ற, மாதவிடாய் நிற்றல், மாதவிடாய்வற்றுதல்
menopause in Urdu
- سن یاس
menopause in Malayalam
- ending of menstruation
- ആർത്തവവിരാമം āṟttavavirāmaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- menopause in Kannada
- ರಜೋ ನಿವೃತ್ತಿ, ಮುಟ್ಟು ತೀರುವೆ, ಮುಟ್ಟುತೀರಿಕೆ, ಮುಟ್ಟುನಿಲ್ಲುವ ಕಾಲ
- menopause in Tagalog
- layag
- menopause in Arabic
- إِيَاس ʔiyās
- menopause in Malay
- menopaus
- menopause in Indonesian
- menopause
- menopause in Persian
- یائسگی yâ'esegi
- menopause in Vietnamese
- sự mãn kinh
Examples of menopause in a sentence
- The only constant symptom of the radiotherapeutic menopause is the so-called 'hotflash.'
- Maybe he was going through male menopause.
- She continued, “Beyond midlife crisis, John, and male menopause, whatever that is, is the desire to simply be a man.
Synonyms of menopause
Antonyms
Forms of menopause
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | menopauses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | menopauses |
| present participle | menopausing |
| past participle | menopaused |
| past | menopaused |
Origin of menopause
From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.
Words formed from menopause
Questions about menopause
- What does menopause mean?
- Menopause means the period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
- What is menopause in Hindi?
- Menopause in Hindi is रजोनिवृत्ति (rajonivŕtti). See Menopause meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is menopause?
- Menopause can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce menopause?
- Menopause is pronounced /ˈmɛnəpɔːz/.
- What is the plural of menopause?
- The plural of menopause is menopauses.
Words near menopause in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: menopause (page history and authors); menopause (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); menopause (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); menopause (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
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