Standard Lemma guide

prostate

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɹɒs.teɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈpɹɑs.teɪt/
  • rhymes with -ɒsteɪt
  • UK: /pɹəʊˈsteɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (UK) -eɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 S T EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the prostate gland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of pro-state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The prostate gland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

relating to the prostate gland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prostatic

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prostate gland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh2ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Ancient Greek προΐστημι (proḯstēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs)bor. Medieval Latin prostatalbor. Middle French prostatebor. English prostate Borrowed from Middle French prostate, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prostata.

Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh2-tu-s ~ *sth2-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English prostate From pro- + state.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بْرُوسْتَات (brustāt) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Arabic: بَرُوسْتَات (barustāt) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Arabic: بْرُوسْتَات (brostāt) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Arabic: مُوثَة (mūṯa) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Arabic: بروستاتة (brustāta) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Armenian: շագանակագեղձ (šaganakageġj) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Aromanian: prustat — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Bengali: প্রোস্টেট (prōsṭeṭ) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Bengali: প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি (prōsṭeṭ gronthi) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Bulgarian: простата (prostata) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Catalan: pròstata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Chinese Cantonese: 前列腺 — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Chinese: 攝護腺 /摄护腺 (liap-hō͘-sòan) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前列腺 (qiánlièxiàn) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攝護腺 /摄护腺 (shèhùxiàn) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Czech: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Danish: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Dutch: prostaat — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Esperanto: prostato — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Finnish: eturauhanen — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • French: prostate — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Friulian: prostate — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Galician: próstata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Georgian: პროსტატა (ṗrosṭaṭa) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • German: Prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Greek: προστάτης (prostátis) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Hindi: प्रोस्टेट (prosṭeṭ) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Hungarian: prosztata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Icelandic: hvekkur — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Indonesian: prostat — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Irish: próstatach — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Italian: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Japanese: 前立腺 (zenritsusen) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Kazakh: қуықалды без (quyqaldy bez) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Kazakh: қуық асты безі (quyq asty bezı) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Khmer: ប្រូស្តាត (proustaat) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Korean: 전립선 (jeonnipseon) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Latvian: priekšdziedzeris — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Lithuanian: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Māori: repe tātea — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Māori: repe ure — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Mongolian: түрүү булчирхай (türüü bulčirxaj) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Mongolian: урьд булчирхай (urʹd bulčirxaj) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠷᠦᠭᠦᠦ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (türügüü bulčirqai) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠢᠳᠤ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (uridu bulčirqai) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Navajo: alizh bikááz — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Occitan: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Persian: پروستات (porostât, prostât) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Polish: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Portuguese: próstata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Romanian: prostată — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Russian: проста́та (prostáta) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Northern Sami: ovdaráksá — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: простата — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: корењача — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Serbo-Croatian: korenjača — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Slovene: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Slovene: obsečnica — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Spanish: próstata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Swedish: prostata — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Turkish: prostat — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Turkish: kestanecik — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Ukrainian: проста́та (prostáta) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Urdu: پروسٹیٹ (prosṭeṭ) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Uyghur: مەزى بېزى (mezi bëzi) — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Vietnamese: tuyến tiền liệt — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Vietnamese: nhiếp hộ tuyến — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Volapük: prostat — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Welsh: prostad — prostate gland — see also prostate gland
  • Zhuang: cenzlezsen — prostate gland — see also prostate gland