menstruation

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuːˈeɪʃən/, /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/, /-stɹəˈweɪ-/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)

• Audio (General American, longer pronunciation); /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/:

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• Audio (General American, short pronunciation); /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/:

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: men‧stru‧a‧tion

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.

• menstration (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

• See Thesaurus:menstruation.

• menstrual
• menstrual cycle
• menstruate
• menstruous
• menarche
• menopause

• PMT
• tampon
• sanitary towel

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

menstruation c (singular definite menstruationen, plural indefinite menstruationer)

1. menstruation

• “menstruation” in Den Danske Ordbog

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menstruation f (plural menstruations)

1. menstruation; period

   Synonym: règles

• “menstruation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

menstruation c

1. menstruation

   Synonym: mens

• menstruera

• menstruation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)