menstruate
Syllables: men·stru·ate/ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/US/ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/
menstruate verb: to stain with or as if with menses.
Verb
menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)
- To stain with or as if with menses.
- To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
- A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.1884, The Medical Age, volume 2, page 358
- Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean".1885, Hermann Heinrich Ploss, Max Bartels, Paul Bartels, translated by Eric John Dingwall, Woman: an historical, gynæcological and anthropological compendium, page 150
- Synonyms:
- be on one's period, be on the rag
Adjective
menstruate (not comparable)
menstruate meaning in Urdu, Kannada, Arabic and Vietnamese
menstruate in Urdu
- حیض آنا
menstruate in Kannada
- ಮುಟ್ಟಾಗು, ಮುಟ್ಟಲ್ಗಾಣ್, ಮುಟ್ಟಲುಗಾಣ್, ಮುಟ್ಟಲೆಗಾಣ್, ಬಹಿಷ್ಠೆಯಾಗು, ರಜಸ್ವಲೆಯಾಗು
menstruate in Arabic
- to undergo menstruation
- حَاضَ ḥāḍa
menstruate in Vietnamese
- to undergo menstruation
- có kinh nguyệt
More languagesFewer languages
- menstruate in Myanmar
- သွေးပေါ် swe:pau
Synonyms of menstruate
- be on one's period
- be on the rag
Forms of menstruate
| third-person singular present | menstruates |
|---|---|
| present participle | menstruating |
| past participle | menstruated |
| past | menstruated |
| alternative form | menstrate |
Origin of menstruate
From menstruum + -ate (verb-forming suffix); sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.
From menstruum + -ate (adjective-forming usffix).
Words formed from menstruate
Words that rhyme with menstruate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about menstruate
- What does menstruate mean?
- Menstruate means to stain with or as if with menses.
- What is menstruate in Urdu?
- Menstruate in Urdu is حیض آنا. See Menstruate meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is menstruate?
- Menstruate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce menstruate?
- Menstruate is pronounced /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of menstruate?
- The past tense of menstruate is menstruated.
Words near menstruate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: menstruate (page history and authors); menstruate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); menstruate (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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