Meanings
alternative obsolete menstruall · alternative nonstandard possibly proscribed menstral
- not comparableOf or relating to the menses.
Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96 - datednot comparableLasting for a month.
a menstrual flower
plural menstruals · alternative obsolete menstruall · alternative nonstandard possibly proscribed menstral
- colloquialA menstrual period.
“All that drama for what” I thought. All she had to do was tell me that I was having my menstrual. So much for band aids.
2012, Miryom Willis, Shirley Fisher, Trials, Tragedy, Triumphs, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to menstruation or the menses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmēnstruālis
- Middle Englishmenstruall
- Englishmenstrual
From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan menstrual
- menstrualof or having to do with the menses
Czech menstruační
- menstruačníof or having to do with the menses
French menstruel, mensuel
- menstruelof or having to do with the menses
- mensueloccurring once a month
- mensuellasting for a month
German menstrual, menstruell
- menstrualof or having to do with the menses
- menstruellof or having to do with the menses
- Menstruations-of or having to do with the menses
- monatlichoccurring once a month
Greek εμμηνορροϊκός, έμμηνος
- εμμηνορροϊκός (emminorroïkós)of or having to do with the menses
- έμμηνος (émminos)occurring once a month
- καταμήνιος (katamínios)occurring once a month
- μηνιαίος (miniaíos)lasting for a month
Hebrew וִסְתִּי
- וִסְתִּי (vistí)of or having to do with the menses
Irish míosta
- míostaof or having to do with the menses
Italian mestruale, mensile
- mestrualeof or having to do with the menses
- mensileoccurring once a month
- mensilelasting for a month
Polish miesiączkowy
- miesiączkowyof or having to do with the menses
Portuguese menstrual
- menstrualof or having to do with the menses
Russian менструа́льный, ме́сячный
- менструа́льный (menstruálʹnyj)of or having to do with the menses
- ме́сячный (mésjačnyj)of or having to do with the menses
- ме́сячный (mésjačnyj)occurring once a month
- ме́сячный (mésjačnyj)lasting for a month
Spanish menstrual, mensual
- menstrualof or having to do with the menses
- mensualoccurring once a month
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Cite this entry
menstrual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menstrual
“menstrual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menstrual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menstrual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menstrual.
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