hormonal

English

Etymology

From hormone +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɔɹˈmoʊnəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

hormonal (comparative more hormonal, superlative most hormonal)

  1. (biochemistry) Pertaining to hormones.
    • 2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds”, in CNN[1]:
      The authors also said they attempted to investigate whether there are differing breast cancer risks between hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs.
  2. (colloquial) Of or pertaining to the menstrual cycle.
  3. Strongly affected by one's hormones.
    a hormonal teenage boy
    • 1984 February 4, Vincent F. Luti, “Mouths Open, Only Singing”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 5:
      All those male bodies and loud, virile male hormonal voices.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

hormonal (feminine hormonale, masculine plural hormonaux, feminine plural hormonales)

  1. hormonal

Further reading

Interlingua

Adjective

hormonal (not comparable)

  1. hormonal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁ.moˈnaw/ [oɦ.moˈnaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾ.moˈnaw/ [oɾ.moˈnaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁ.moˈnaw/ [oʁ.moˈnaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oɻ.moˈnaw/ [oɻ.moˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾ.muˈnal/ [ɔɾ.muˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾ.muˈna.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: hor‧mo‧nal

Adjective

hormonal m or f (plural hormonais)

  1. hormonal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hormonal. By surface analysis, hormon +‎ -al.

Adjective

hormonal m or n (feminine singular hormonală, masculine plural hormonali, feminine and neuter plural hormonale)

  1. hormonal

Declension

Declension of hormonal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite hormonal hormonală hormonali hormonale
definite hormonalul hormonala hormonalii hormonalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite hormonal hormonale hormonali hormonale
definite hormonalului hormonalei hormonalilor hormonalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾmoˈnal/ [oɾ.moˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: hor‧mo‧nal

Adjective

hormonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hormonales)

  1. hormonal

Derived terms

Further reading