Phrase guide

menstrual pad

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A pad of absorbent material (such as cotton) used to absorb menstrual flow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Arabic: فُوطَة صِحِّيَّة — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Armenian: միջադիր (miǰadir) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Azerbaijani: gigiyenik bez — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Azerbaijani: qadın bezi — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Bulgarian: дамска превръзка (damska prevrǎzka) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Burmese: အမျိုးသမီးလစဉ်သုံးပစ္စည်း (a.myui:sa.mi:la.canysum:paccany:) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Catalan: compresa higiènica — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Chinese Cantonese: 衛生巾 /卫生巾 (wai6 sang1 gan1) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Chinese Cantonese: M巾 (em1 gan1) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姨媽巾 /姨妈巾 (ji4 maa1 gan1) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Chinese Cantonese: 親戚巾 /亲戚巾 (can1 cik1 gan1) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衛生巾 /卫生巾 (wèishēngjīn) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Czech: menstruační vložka — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Dutch: maandverband — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Faroese: bind — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Finnish: terveysside — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Finnish: kuukautisside — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • French: serviette hygiénique — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • German: Binde — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • German: Damenbinde — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • German: Monatsbinde — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Greek: σερβιέτα (serviéta) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Hungarian: betét — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Icelandic: dömubindi — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Icelandic: tíðabindi — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Indonesian: pembalut wanita — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Italian: assorbente igienico — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Japanese: 生理用ナプキン (seiri-yō napukin) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Khmer: សំឡីអនាម័យ (sɑmləy ʼaʼnaamay) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Korean: 생리대 (saengnidae) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Macedonian: влошка (vloška) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Malay: tuala wanita — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Māori: kope — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Māori: kōrē — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Persian: نوار بهداشتی (navâr-e behdâšti) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Polish: podpaska — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Portuguese: absorvente íntimo — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Portuguese: penso higiénico — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Romanian: absorbant — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Russian: прокла́дка (prokládka) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Slovak: hygienická vložka — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Slovak: vložka — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Lower Sorbian: žeńskecy — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Lower Sorbian: damski zapołožk — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: compresa [higiénica] — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: toalla sanitaria — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: modess — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: toallita — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: mimosa — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: almohadilla — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: íntima — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: galleta — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: pad — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Spanish: paño menstrual — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Swahili: sodo — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Swahili: taulo ya kike — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Swahili: pedi — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Swedish: dambinda — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Swedish: binda — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Swedish: mensskydd — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Tagalog: pasador — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Tagalog: pamasador — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Thai: ผ้าอนามัย (pâa-à-naa-mai) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Turkish: ped — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Turkish: hijyenik ped — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Ottoman Turkish: ثمله (semele) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Ukrainian: прокла́дка (prokládka) — pad used to absorb menstrual flow
  • Vietnamese: băng vệ sinh — pad used to absorb menstrual flow