Standard Lemma guide

urinary

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/
  • US: /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/
  • US: /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: Y ER1 AH0 N EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, sciences, urology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting the organs involved in the production, function, or excretion of urine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, sciences, urology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A urinary device or fixture: a urinal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, commode, Cousin John, crapper, gazunder, guzunder, honey bucket, honeypot, Jerry, john, johnny, jordan, latrine, mingo, necessary stool, pan, pee pot, pisspot, piss pot, po, pot, potty, potty-chair, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, slop bucket, stool, stool of easement, throne, thunder mug, toilet, urinal, big white telephone, bog, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes, khazi, lav, pisser, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, porcelain throne, privy, Quincy, shitter, toot

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to the urinary system of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From New Latin ūrīnārius. By surface analysis, urine + -ary.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَوْلِيّ (bawliyy) — urinary
  • Bulgarian: пикочен (pikočen) — urinary
  • Catalan: urinari — urinary
  • Czech: močový — urinary
  • Esperanto: urina — urinary
  • Finnish: virtsa- — urinary
  • French: urinaire — urinary
  • Greek: ουρικός (ourikós) — urinary
  • Hungarian: vizeleti — urinary
  • Italian: urinario — urinary
  • Central Kurdish: میزی (mîzî) — urinary
  • Norwegian: urin- — urinary
  • Persian: ادراری (edrâri) — urinary
  • Portuguese: urinário — urinary
  • Romanian: urinar — urinary
  • Russian: мочево́й (močevój) — urinary
  • Spanish: urinario — urinary
  • Turkish: idrarsal — urinary
  • Turkish: üriner — urinary
  • Ukrainian: сечови́й (sečovýj) — urinary