Meanings
plural urines
- uncountableusuallymedicineLiquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)Synonyms: emiction, lant, netting, pee, peepee, piss, sig, water
present singular third person urines · participle present urining · participle past urined · past urined
- obsoleteTo urinate.
He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.
1814, The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 31, page 226
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLiquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*uh₁r-
- Latinūrīna“urine”
- Middle Englishuryne
- Englishurine
From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.
More words from Middle English, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans urine
- urineliquid excrement
Ancient Greek οὖρον, ὄμειχμα
- οὖρον (oûron)liquid excrement
- ὄμειχμα (ómeikhma)liquid excrement
Arabic بَوْل
- بَوْل (bawl)liquid excrement
Bengali পেচ্ছাপ, মুত
- পেচ্ছাপ (pecchap)liquid excrement
- মুত (mut)liquid excrement
- প্রস্রাব (prosrab)liquid excrement
- মূত্র (mutro)liquid excrement
Bulgarian ури́на
- ури́на (urína)liquid excrement
Catalan orina
- orinaliquid excrement
Chinese Cantonese 尿, 小便
- 尿 (niu⁶)liquid excrement
- 小便 (siu² bin⁶)liquid excrement
Chinese Mandarin 尿, 小便
- 尿 (niào)liquid excrement
- 小便 (xiǎobiàn)liquid excrement
Czech moč
- močliquid excrement
Danish urin
- urinliquid excrement
Dutch urine
- urineliquid excrement
Esperanto urino
- urinoliquid excrement
Estonian uriin, kusi
- uriinliquid excrement
- kusiliquid excrement
Finnish virtsa
- virtsaliquid excrement
French urine
- urineliquid excrement
German Urin, Harn
- Urinliquid excrement
- Harnliquid excrement
Greek ούρα
- ούρα (oúra)liquid excrement
Hebrew שֶׁתֶן, שתינה
- שֶׁתֶן (shéten)liquid excrement
- שתינה (shtína)liquid excrement
Hindi पेशाब, मूत
- पेशाब (peśāb)liquid excrement
- मूत (mūt)liquid excrement
- मूत्र (mūtra)liquid excrement
- प्रस्राव (prasrāv)liquid excrement
Hungarian vizelet
- vizeletliquid excrement
Icelandic þvag, hland
- þvagliquid excrement
- hlandliquid excrement
Indonesian air kemih, air kencing
- air kemihliquid excrement
- air kencingliquid excrement
- air seniliquid excrement
- urineliquid excrement
Irish mún, fual
- múnliquid excrement
- fualliquid excrement
Italian orina, urina
- orinaliquid excrement
- urinaliquid excrement
Japanese 尿, 小便
- 尿 (nyō)liquid excrement
- 小便 (shōben)liquid excrement
Korean 오줌, 소변
- 오줌 (ojum)liquid excrement
- 소변 (sobyeon)liquid excrement
Latin ūrīna, lōtium
- ūrīnaliquid excrement
- lōtiumliquid excrement
Latvian urīns
- urīnsliquid excrement
Lithuanian šlapimas
- šlapimasliquid excrement
Malay air kencing, air kemih
- air kencingliquid excrement
- air kemihliquid excrement
- air kecilliquid excrement
- air seniliquid excrement
- urinliquid excrement
- najis kecilliquid excrement
Norwegian Bokmål urin
- urinliquid excrement
Persian ادرار, شاش
- ادرار (edrâr)liquid excrement
- شاش (šâš)liquid excrement
- پیشاب (pešâb)liquid excrement
- میزه (mize)liquid excrement
- بول (bowl)liquid excrement
- پیشیار (pišyâr)liquid excrement
- کمیز (komiz)liquid excrement
Polish mocz, uryna
- moczliquid excrement
- urynaliquid excrement
Portuguese urina
- urinaliquid excrement
Punjabi ਮੂਤ, ਮੂਤਰ
- ਮੂਤ (mūt)liquid excrement
- ਮੂਤਰ (mūtar)liquid excrement
- ਪਿਸ਼ਾਬ (piśāb)liquid excrement
Romanian urină
- urinăliquid excrement
Russian моча́, ури́на
- моча́ (močá)liquid excrement
- ури́на (urína)liquid excrement
Scottish Gaelic mùn, fual
- mùnliquid excrement
- fualliquid excrement
Slovak moč
- močliquid excrement
Spanish orina, micción
- orinaliquid excrement
- micciónliquid excrement
- orineliquid excrement
- orinadaliquid excrement
- orínliquid excrement
Swahili mkojo
- mkojoliquid excrement
Swedish urin
- urinliquid excrement
Tagalog ihi
- ihiliquid excrement
Tamil சிறுநீர்
- சிறுநீர் (ciṟunīr)liquid excrement
Thai ฉี่, ปัสสาวะ
- ฉี่ (chìi)liquid excrement
- ปัสสาวะ (bpàt-sǎa-wá)liquid excrement
- เยี่ยว (yîao)liquid excrement
- เบา (bao)liquid excrement
- มูตร (mûut)liquid excrement
Turkish çiş, idrar
- çişliquid excrement
- idrarliquid excrement
- sidikliquid excrement
Ukrainian се́ча
- се́ча (séča)liquid excrement
Urdu پیشاب, موت
- پیشاب (peśāb)liquid excrement
- موت (mūt)liquid excrement
- موتر (mūtra)liquid excrement
Vietnamese nước tiểu, nước đái
- nước tiểuliquid excrement
- nước đáiliquid excrement
Welsh surdrwnc, troeth
- surdrwncliquid excrement
- troethliquid excrement
- trwncliquid excrement
- pisoliquid excrement
Yiddish אורין
- אורין (urin)liquid excrement
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with urine
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Cite this entry
urine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urine
“urine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urine.
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