menstruation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛnstɹuːˈeɪʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/
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• General-American: /-stɹəˈweɪ-/
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• General-American: /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: M EH2 N S T R UW0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From menstruum + -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is a cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación, which displaced Old English mōnaþblōd (literally “monthblood”).

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: menstruacion — periodic discharging of the menses
• Albanian: lara — periodic discharging of the menses
• Arabic: حَيْض (ḥayḍ) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Arabic: طَمْث (ṭamṯ) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Arabic: الدورة الشهرية (ad-dawra aš-šahriyya) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Arabic: دورة (dawra) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Arabic: عادة (ʕāda) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Arabic: بريوت (biryūt) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Armenian: դաշտան (daštan) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Armenian: մենստրուացիա (menstruacʻia) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Old Armenian: դաշտան (daštan) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Azerbaijani: aybaşı — periodic discharging of the menses
• Belarusian: менструа́цыя (mjenstruácyja) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Bengali: রজঃস্রাব (rojoḥsrab) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Bengali: স্ত্রীধর্ম (stridhormo) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Bengali: স্ত্রীরজ (striroj) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Bengali: কুসুম (kuśum) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Bulgarian: менструа́ция (menstruácija) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Burmese: ရာသီလာခြင်း (rasilahkrang:) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Burmese: ဓမ္မတာ (dhamma.ta) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Burmese: ပန်း (pan:) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Catalan: menstruació — periodic discharging of the menses
• Chinese Mandarin: 月經 /月经 (yuèjīng) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Chinese Mandarin: 經血 /经血 (jīngxuè) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Chinese Mandarin: 經期 /经期 (jīngqī) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Czech: menstruace — periodic discharging of the menses
• Danish: menstruation — periodic discharging of the menses
• Dutch: menstruatie — periodic discharging of the menses
• Dutch: ongesteldheid — periodic discharging of the menses
• Egyptian: U32-n:D26 (ḥzmn) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Esperanto: menstruo — periodic discharging of the menses
• Estonian: menstruatsioon — periodic discharging of the menses
• Ewe: dzinukpɔkpɔ — periodic discharging of the menses
• Ewe: ɣletikpɔkpɔ — periodic discharging of the menses
• Finnish: kuukautiskierto — periodic discharging of the menses
• Finnish: kuukautiset — periodic discharging of the menses
• Finnish: menkat — periodic discharging of the menses
• French: menstruation — periodic discharging of the menses
• French: règles — periodic discharging of the menses
• Galician: menstruación — periodic discharging of the menses
• Gamilaraay: malagan — periodic discharging of the menses
• Georgian: მენსტრუაცია (mensṭruacia) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Georgian: თვიური (tviuri) — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Periode — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Menstruation — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Regel — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Monatsregel — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Monatsblutung — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Regelblutung — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Tage (as in ihre Tage haben) — periodic discharging of the menses
• German: Menses — periodic discharging of the menses
• Greek: εμμηνόρροια (emminórroia) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Greek: περίοδος (períodos) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Ancient Greek: ἀφεδρεία (aphedreía) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Greenlandic: aaqartarneq — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hebrew: וֶסֶת (veset) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: रजोधर्म (rajodharm) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: ऋतुस्राव (ŕtusrāv) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: ऋतु (ŕtu) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: रजोस्राव (rajosrāv) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: स्त्रीधर्म (strīdharm) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: स्त्रीरज (strīraj) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: कुसुम (kusum) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: रजोदर्शन (rajodarśan) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: रज (raj) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: रजस्त्राव (rajastrāv) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: मासिक धर्म (māsik dharm) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: ऋत्व (ŕtva) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: हैज (haij) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: आर्तव (ārtav) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: रजःस्राव (rajaḥsrāv) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: पीरियड (pīriyaḍ) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hindi: मासिकधर्म (māsikdharm) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Hungarian: menstruáció — periodic discharging of the menses
• Icelandic: blæðingar — periodic discharging of the menses
• Icelandic: tíðir — periodic discharging of the menses
• Indonesian: menstruasi — periodic discharging of the menses
• Indonesian: haid — periodic discharging of the menses
• Indonesian: datang bulan — periodic discharging of the menses
• Irish: fuil mhíosta — periodic discharging of the menses
• Irish: míostrú — periodic discharging of the menses
• Italian: mestruazione — periodic discharging of the menses
• Italian: ciclo — periodic discharging of the menses
• Japanese: 月経 (gekkei) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Japanese: 月事 (getsuji) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Japanese: 生理 (seiri) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Kazakh: етеккір (etekkır) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Khmer: ដំណើរមានរដូវ (dɑmnaə mien rɔdəv) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Khmer: រដូវ (rɔdəv) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Kikuyu: mweri — periodic discharging of the menses
• Korean: 월경 (wolgyeong) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Korean: 생리 (saengni) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Korean: 그날 (geunal) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Northern Kurdish: xwîndîtin — periodic discharging of the menses
• Kyrgyz: айыз (ayız) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Lao: ການມີລະດູ (kān mī la dū) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Latin: menstrua — periodic discharging of the menses
• Latvian: menstruācija — periodic discharging of the menses
• Lithuanian: mėnesinių ciklas — periodic discharging of the menses
• Lithuanian: menstruacija — periodic discharging of the menses
• Macedonian: менструа́ција (menstruácija) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Malay: haid — periodic discharging of the menses
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠯᠠᠨ (halan) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Māori: mate wahine — periodic discharging of the menses
• Māori: mate marama — periodic discharging of the menses
• Māori: waiwhero — periodic discharging of the menses
• Marathi: पाळी (pāḷī) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Marathi: मासिक पाळी (māsik pāḷī) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Marathi: ऋतु f ऋत्व f आर्तव f रजस् f कन्याव्रत (rajas) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Mongolian: биеийн юм (bijeiin jüm) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Norwegian: menstruasjon — periodic discharging of the menses
• Old East Slavic: цвѣтьно (cvětĭno) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Persian: عادت ماهانه ('âdat-e mâhâne) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Persian: قاعدگی (qâ'edegi) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Persian: پریود (period) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Persian: حیض (heyz) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Persian: دشتان (daštân) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Piedmontese: mëstruassion — periodic discharging of the menses
• Polish: miesiączka — periodic discharging of the menses
• Polish: menstruacja — periodic discharging of the menses
• Polish: okres — periodic discharging of the menses
• Portuguese: menstruação — periodic discharging of the menses
• Portuguese: regras — periodic discharging of the menses
• Portuguese: chico — periodic discharging of the menses
• Rapa Nui: māui-ui vahine — periodic discharging of the menses
• Romagnol: régul — periodic discharging of the menses
• Romanian: menstruație — periodic discharging of the menses
• Russian: менструа́ция (menstruácija) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Russian: менструа́льный цикл (menstruálʹnyj cikl) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Russian: ме́сячные (mésjačnyje) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Sanskrit: ऋतु (ṛtu) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Scottish Gaelic: fuil-mhìos — periodic discharging of the menses
• Serbo-Croatian: мјесечница — periodic discharging of the menses
• Serbo-Croatian: менструација — periodic discharging of the menses
• Serbo-Croatian: mjesečnica — periodic discharging of the menses
• Serbo-Croatian: menstruacija — periodic discharging of the menses
• Slovak: menštruácia — periodic discharging of the menses
• Slovene: menstruacija — periodic discharging of the menses
• Slovene: číšča — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: menstruación — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: regla — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: achaque (disused) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: periodo — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: chinto — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: menstruo — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: período — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: mes — periodic discharging of the menses
• Spanish: [en sus] días — periodic discharging of the menses
• Sundanese: ᮊᮛᮨᮞᮨᮘᮔ᮪ (kareseban) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Swahili: hedhi — periodic discharging of the menses
• Swedish: menstruation — periodic discharging of the menses
• Tagalog: kanya — periodic discharging of the menses
• Tagalog: sapanahon — periodic discharging of the menses
• Tagalog: regla — periodic discharging of the menses
• Tagalog: buwanang dalaw — periodic discharging of the menses
• Tajik: ҳайз (hayz) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Telugu: ఋతుస్రావం (r̥tusrāvaṁ) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Thai: ประจําเดือน (bprà-jam-dʉʉan) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Thai: เมนส์ (men) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Thai: ระดู (rá-duu) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Tok Pisin: sik mun — periodic discharging of the menses
• Turkish: âdet — periodic discharging of the menses
• Turkish: aybaşı — periodic discharging of the menses
• Turkish: hayız — periodic discharging of the menses
• Turkish: regl — periodic discharging of the menses
• Turkmen: aýbaşy — periodic discharging of the menses
• Ukrainian: мі́сячні (mísjačni) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Ukrainian: менструа́ція (menstruácija) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Urdu: حیض (hayz) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Uzbek: hayz — periodic discharging of the menses
• Vietnamese: chu kỳ kinh nguyệt — periodic discharging of the menses
• Vietnamese: kinh nguyệt — periodic discharging of the menses
• Yiddish: מענסטרואַציע (menstruatsye) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Yiddish: ווסתּ — periodic discharging of the menses
• Yiddish: ווסת (veyses) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Yiddish: צײַט (tsayt) — periodic discharging of the menses
• Chinese Mandarin: 每个月那几天 — instance or period of menstruation
• Danish: tid på måneden — instance or period of menstruation
• Finnish: se aika kuusta — instance or period of menstruation
• Indonesian: datang bulan — instance or period of menstruation