menses
English
Etymology
From Latin mēnsis (“month”), the plural being mēnsēs (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Compare month.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.siːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
menses pl (plural only)
- The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
menstrual flow
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References
- “menses”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
- Menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃s/
Noun
menses f
- plural of mense
Interlingua
Noun
menses
- plural of mense
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmẽː.seːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛn.ses]
Noun
mēnsēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mēnsis
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Noun
mènses m inan (Cyrillic spelling мѐнсес)
- (colloquial) menstruation
- Synonyms: kataménije, menstruácija, mȅnga, menoréja, mènzes, mjȅsečnica, perióda
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