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urinate

verb · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: Y ER1 AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To pass urine from the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: medicine, sciences, urology

Examples

  • Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
  • Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

eliminate urine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

Narrower terms: wet, stale

3

verb

Meaning 3

pass after the manner of urine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The sick men urinated blood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.

Across languages

Translations

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: чӱштеер (čüšteer) — to pass urine from the body
  • Southern Altai: сийер (siyer) — to pass urine from the body
  • Arabic: تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala) — to pass urine from the body
  • Arabic: بَالَ (bāla) — to pass urine from the body
  • Arabic: شَخّ (šaḵḵ) — to pass urine from the body
  • Armenian: միզել (mizel) — to pass urine from the body
  • Assamese: মূতা (muta) — to pass urine from the body
  • Assamese: পেছাপ কৰা (pesap kora) — to pass urine from the body
  • Asturian: mexar — to pass urine from the body
  • Asturian: deburar — to pass urine from the body
  • Azerbaijani: işəmək — to pass urine from the body
  • Bashkir: һейеү (heyew) — to pass urine from the body
  • Belarusian: мачы́цца (mačýcca) — to pass urine from the body
  • Bengali: মুতা (muta) — to pass urine from the body
  • Bulgarian: пика́я (pikája) — to pass urine from the body
  • Bulgarian: урини́рам (uriníram) — to pass urine from the body
  • Burmese: ဆီးသွား (hci:swa:) — to pass urine from the body
  • Burmese: ကျင်ငယ်စွန့် (kyangngaicwan.) — to pass urine from the body
  • Burmese: သေးပေါက် (se:pauk) — to pass urine from the body
  • Burmese: အခင်းလေးသွား (a.hkang:le:swa:) — to pass urine from the body
  • Burmese: အပေါ့သွား (a.pau.swa:) — to pass urine from the body
  • Catalan: orinar — to pass urine from the body
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏗᎬᎠ (adigva) — to pass urine from the body
  • Cheyenne: -só — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 尿 (niu6) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 排尿 (paai4 niu6) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 屙尿 (o1 niu6) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 小便 (siu2 bin6) — to pass urine from the body
  • Hakka Chinese: 屙尿 (ô-ngiau) — to pass urine from the body
  • Hakka Chinese: 尿 (ngiau) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese: 放尿 (zh-min-nan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese: 漩尿 (soān-jiō, soān-liō) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese: 尿 (zh-min-nan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese: 小便 (zh-min-nan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尿 (niào) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排尿 (páiniào) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撒尿 (sāniào) — to pass urine from the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小便 (xiǎobiàn) — to pass urine from the body
  • Czech: močit — to pass urine from the body
  • Dalmatian: miur — to pass urine from the body
  • Danish: urinere — to pass urine from the body
  • Danish: tisse — to pass urine from the body
  • Dutch: urineren — to pass urine from the body
  • Dutch: plassen — to pass urine from the body
  • Egyptian: w-z:S-D53 (wzš) — to pass urine from the body
  • Egyptian: f:g-n:D53 (fgn) — to pass urine from the body
  • Esperanto: urini — to pass urine from the body
  • Esperanto: maltrinki — to pass urine from the body
  • Esperanto: pisi — to pass urine from the body
  • Estonian: kusema — to pass urine from the body
  • Estonian: urineerima — to pass urine from the body
  • Finnish: virtsata — to pass urine from the body
  • Finnish: urinoida — to pass urine from the body
  • Finnish: pissata — to pass urine from the body
  • Finnish: kusta — to pass urine from the body
  • French: uriner — to pass urine from the body
  • Middle French: uriner — to pass urine from the body
  • Old French: uriner — to pass urine from the body
  • Galician: mexar — to pass urine from the body
  • Galician: ouriñar — to pass urine from the body
  • Georgian: მოშარდვა (mošardva) — to pass urine from the body
  • Georgian: შარდვა (šardva) — to pass urine from the body
  • German: urinieren — to pass urine from the body
  • German: harnen — to pass urine from the body
  • Greek: ουρώ (ouró) — to pass urine from the body
  • Ancient Greek: οὐρέω (ouréō) — to pass urine from the body
  • Hebrew: הִשְׁתִּין — to pass urine from the body
  • Hindi: मूतना (mūtnā) — to pass urine from the body
  • Hungarian: vizel — to pass urine from the body
  • Ido: urinifar — to pass urine from the body
  • Indonesian: kencing — to pass urine from the body
  • Indonesian: berkemih — to pass urine from the body
  • Indonesian: buang air kecil — to pass urine from the body
  • Indonesian: pipis — to pass urine from the body
  • Ingrian: kussa — to pass urine from the body
  • Italian: orinare — to pass urine from the body
  • Italian: urinare — to pass urine from the body
  • Italian: pisciare — to pass urine from the body
  • Italian: fare pipì — to pass urine from the body
  • Japanese: 排尿する (hainyō suru) — to pass urine from the body
  • Japanese: 放尿する (hōnyō suru) — to pass urine from the body
  • Japanese: 小便をする (shōben o suru) — to pass urine from the body
  • Khakas: сідирге (sìdirge) — to pass urine from the body
  • Khmer: នោម (noam) — to pass urine from the body
  • Kituba: suba — to pass urine from the body
  • Kongo: suba — to pass urine from the body
  • Northern Kurdish: mîstin — to pass urine from the body
  • Northern Kurdish: mîz kirin — to pass urine from the body
  • Latin: mingo — to pass urine from the body
  • Lingala: suba — to pass urine from the body
  • Lithuanian: myžti — to pass urine from the body
  • Lithuanian: šlapintis — to pass urine from the body
  • Macedonian: урини́ра (uriníra) — to pass urine from the body
  • Macedonian: мо́ча (móča) — to pass urine from the body
  • Macedonian: врши мала нужда (vrši mala nužda) — to pass urine from the body
  • Macedonian: оди по мала нужда (odi po mala nužda) — to pass urine from the body
  • Malay: berkemih — to pass urine from the body
  • Malay: berkencing — to pass urine from the body
  • Maltese: biel — to pass urine from the body
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ (sitembi) — to pass urine from the body
  • Mongolian: шээх (šeex) — to pass urine from the body
  • Norwegian: urinere — to pass urine from the body
  • Norwegian: slå lens — to pass urine from the body
  • Occitan: orinar — to pass urine from the body
  • Old English: mīgan — to pass urine from the body
  • Persian: ادرار کردن (edrâr kardan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Persian: میختن (mixtan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Persian: میزیدن (mizidan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Persian: کمیختن (komixtan) — to pass urine from the body
  • Piedmontese: uriné — to pass urine from the body
  • Polish: oddawać mocz — to pass urine from the body
  • Polish: oddać mocz — to pass urine from the body
  • Portuguese: urinar — to pass urine from the body
  • Portuguese: mijar — to pass urine from the body
  • Quechua: ispay — to pass urine from the body
  • Quechua: jisp'ay — to pass urine from the body
  • Romanian: urina — to pass urine from the body
  • Russian: мочи́ться (močítʹsja) — to pass urine from the body
  • Russian: пи́сать (písatʹ) — to pass urine from the body
  • Russian: си́кать (síkatʹ) — to pass urine from the body
  • Russian: ссать (ssatʹ) — to pass urine from the body
  • Sanskrit: मेहति (mehati) — to pass urine from the body
  • Scottish Gaelic: mùin — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: мокрити — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: пишати (pišati) — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: шорати (šorati) — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: mokriti — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: pišati — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: šorati — to pass urine from the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: scati — to pass urine from the body
  • Slovak: močiť — to pass urine from the body
  • Spanish: orinar — to pass urine from the body
  • Swahili: -kojoa — to pass urine from the body
  • Swahili: -tabawali — to pass urine from the body
  • Swedish: urinera — to pass urine from the body
  • Swedish: kissa — to pass urine from the body
  • Swedish: pissa — to pass urine from the body
  • Swedish: slå en drill — to pass urine from the body
  • Swedish: göra nummer ett — to pass urine from the body
  • Swedish: slå en sjua — to pass urine from the body
  • Tabaru: osisi — to pass urine from the body
  • Tagalog: umihi — to pass urine from the body
  • Tagalog: ihian — to pass urine from the body
  • Thai: ปัสสาวะ (bpàt-sǎa-wá) — to pass urine from the body
  • Thai: ฉี่ (chìi) — to pass urine from the body
  • Tidore: osi — to pass urine from the body
  • Turkish: işemek — to pass urine from the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیمك (siymek) — to pass urine from the body
  • Tuvan: сидиктээр (sidikteer) — to pass urine from the body
  • Udi: чишпсун (čišpsun) — to pass urine from the body
  • Ukrainian: мочи́тися (močýtysja) — to pass urine from the body
  • Ukrainian: пісяти impf сцяти (pisjaty) — to pass urine from the body
  • Urdu: موتنا (mūtnā) — to pass urine from the body
  • Vietnamese: tiểu — to pass urine from the body
  • Vietnamese: tiểu tiện — to pass urine from the body
  • Volapük: yurinön — to pass urine from the body
  • Volapük: luvatön — to pass urine from the body
  • Welsh: troethi — to pass urine from the body
  • Welsh: gwneud dŵr — to pass urine from the body
  • Yakut: ииктээ (iiktee) — to pass urine from the body
  • Yiddish: אורינירן (urinirn) — to pass urine from the body
  • Yucatec Maya: wiix — to pass urine from the body