menstruation

See also: Menstruation

English

Etymology

menstruum +‎ -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación,[1] displaced Old English mōnaþblōd (literally “monthblood”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuːˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/, /-stɹəˈweɪ-/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: men‧stru‧a‧tion

Noun

menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)

  1. 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.
  2. An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.

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References
  1. “menstruation, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛnsdʁuɑˈɕoˀn/, /mɛnsdʁuaˈɕoˀn/

Noun

menstruation c (singular definite menstruationen, plural indefinite menstruationer)

  1. menstruation

Declension
Declension of menstruation
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative menstruation menstruationen menstruationer menstruationerne
genitive menstruations menstruationens menstruationers menstruationernes

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French

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Noun

menstruation f (plural menstruations)

  1. menstruation; period
    Synonym: règles

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Swedish

Etymology

menstruum +‎ -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, English menstruation, Spanish menstruación.

Noun

menstruation c

  1. menstruation
    Synonym: mens

Declension
Declension of menstruation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative menstruation menstruationen menstruationer menstruationerna
Genitive menstruations menstruationens menstruationers menstruationernas

References
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