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menstral

/ˈmɛn.stɹəl/

menstral is the alternative form of menstrual.

Meaning of menstrual

Adjective

menstrual (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the menses.
    • Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96
  2. (dated) Occurring once a month; monthly.
  3. (dated) Lasting for a month.
    • a menstrual flower

See all 4 meanings of menstrual

Origin of menstral

Representing a disyllabic pronunciation of menstrual. Compare menstrate, representing a disyllabic pronunciation of menstruate, and menstration, representing a trisyllabic pronunciation of menstruation.

Questions about menstral

What is menstral the alternative form of?
Menstral is the alternative form of menstrual.
How do you pronounce menstral?
Menstral is pronounced /ˈmɛn.stɹəl/.

Words near menstral in the dictionary

  1. Mensk
  2. Menson
  3. menstealer
  4. menstealers
  5. Menston
  6. menstral
  7. menstrate
  8. menstrated
  9. menstrates
  10. menstrating
  11. menstration

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Adapted from Wiktionary: menstral (page history and authors); menstrual (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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