noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɛnəpɔːz/
/ˈmɛnoʊpɔːz/
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CMU ARPABET:M EH1 N AH0 P AW2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To undergo menopause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: climacteric, change of life
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biological time
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn) French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
menopauzë
— ending of menstruation
Arabic:
إِيَاس
(ʔiyās)
— ending of menstruation
Armenian:
դաշտանադադար
(daštanadadar)
— ending of menstruation
Azerbaijani:
klimaks
— ending of menstruation
Azerbaijani:
menopauza
— ending of menstruation
Belarusian:
менапа́ўза
(mjenapáwza)
— ending of menstruation
Belarusian:
клі́макс
(klímaks)
— ending of menstruation
Belarusian:
клімактэ́рый
(klimaktéryj)
— ending of menstruation
Central Bikol:
langday
— ending of menstruation
Bulgarian:
менопа́уза
(menopáuza)
— ending of menstruation
Catalan:
menopausa
— ending of menstruation
Chinese Mandarin:
更年期
(gēngniánqí)
— ending of menstruation
Chinese Mandarin:
絕經 /绝经
(juéjīng)
— ending of menstruation
Chinese Mandarin:
經絕期 /经绝期
(jīngjuéqī)
— ending of menstruation
Czech:
menopauza
— ending of menstruation
Danish:
overgangsalder
— ending of menstruation
Dutch:
overgang
— ending of menstruation
Dutch:
menopauze
— ending of menstruation
Estonian:
menopaus
— ending of menstruation
Finnish:
menopaussi
— ending of menstruation
Finnish:
vaihdevuodet
— ending of menstruation
French:
ménopause
— ending of menstruation
Georgian:
მენოპაუზა
(menoṗauza)
— ending of menstruation
Georgian:
კლიმაქსი
(ḳlimaksi)
— ending of menstruation
Georgian:
კლიმაქტერიუმი
(ḳlimakṭeriumi)
— ending of menstruation
German:
Menopause
— ending of menstruation
German:
Wechseljahre
— ending of menstruation
Greek:
εμμηνόπαυση
(emminópafsi)
— ending of menstruation
Hindi:
रजोनिवृत्ति
(rajonivŕtti)
— ending of menstruation
Hungarian:
klimax
— ending of menstruation
Icelandic:
tíðahvörf
— ending of menstruation
Indonesian:
menopause
— ending of menstruation
Italian:
menopausa
— ending of menstruation
Japanese:
更年期
(kōnenki)
— ending of menstruation
Japanese:
閉経
(heikei)
— ending of menstruation
Kazakh:
етеккір үзілісі
(etekkır üzılısı)
— ending of menstruation
Korean:
폐경기
(pyegyeonggi)
— ending of menstruation
Korean:
갱년기
(gaengnyeon'gi)
— ending of menstruation
Kyrgyz:
менопауза
(menopauza)
— ending of menstruation
Kyrgyz:
климакс
(klimaks)
— ending of menstruation
Latvian:
menopauze
— ending of menstruation
Lithuanian:
menopauzė
— ending of menstruation
Macedonian:
менопауза
(menopauza)
— ending of menstruation
Malay:
menopaus
— ending of menstruation
Malayalam:
ആർത്തവവിരാമം
(āṟttavavirāmaṁ)
— ending of menstruation
Māori:
ruahinetanga
— ending of menstruation
Norwegian Bokmål:
overgangsalder
— ending of menstruation
Norwegian Bokmål:
menopause
— ending of menstruation
Norwegian Bokmål:
klimakterium
— ending of menstruation
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overgangsalder
— ending of menstruation
Persian:
یائسگی
(yâ'esegi)
— ending of menstruation
Polish:
klimakterium
— ending of menstruation
Polish:
menopauza
— ending of menstruation
Polish:
przekwitanie
— ending of menstruation
Portuguese:
menopausa
— ending of menstruation
Romanian:
menopauză
— ending of menstruation
Russian:
менопа́уза
(menopáuza)
— ending of menstruation
Russian:
кли́макс
(klímaks)
— ending of menstruation
Russian:
климакте́рий
(klimaktɛ́rij)
— ending of menstruation
Scottish Gaelic:
làn-sgur fuil-mìosa
— ending of menstruation
Serbo-Croatian:
менопа̀уза
— ending of menstruation
Serbo-Croatian:
menopàuza
— ending of menstruation
Slovak:
menopauza
— ending of menstruation
Slovene:
menopavza
— ending of menstruation
Slovene:
klimakterij
— ending of menstruation
Slovene:
mena
— ending of menstruation
Spanish:
menopausia
— ending of menstruation
Swahili:
ukomo wa hedhi
— ending of menstruation
Swedish:
övergångsålder
— ending of menstruation
Tagalog:
layag
— ending of menstruation
Tajik:
климактерий
(klimakteriy)
— ending of menstruation
Turkish:
menopoz
— ending of menstruation
Ukrainian:
менопа́уза
(menopáuza)
— ending of menstruation
Ukrainian:
клі́макс
(klímaks)
— ending of menstruation
Ukrainian:
клімакте́рій
(klimaktérij)
— ending of menstruation
