menarquia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Menarche, from Ancient Greek μηνός (mēnós, “month”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”) + Spanish -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈnaɾkja/ [meˈnaɾ.kja]
- Rhymes: -aɾkja
- Syllabification: me‧nar‧quia
Noun
menarquia f (uncountable)
- menarche
- Antonym: menopausia
Derived terms
- manárquico
Further reading
- “menarquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024