Meanings
Origin
- Ancient Greekοὐρήθρα“the passage for urine”
- Englishurethra
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
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Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα
- οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra)anatomical tube
Arabic إِحْلِيل
- إِحْلِيل (ʔiḥlīl)anatomical tube
Bengali মূত্রনালি, মূত্রনালী
- মূত্রনালি (mutronali)anatomical tube
- মূত্রনালী (mutronali)anatomical tube
Bulgarian уретер, пикочен канал
- уретер (ureter)anatomical tube
- пикочен канал (pikočen kanal)anatomical tube
Catalan uretra
- uretraanatomical tube
Chinese Cantonese 尿道
- 尿道 (niu⁶ dou⁶)anatomical tube
Chinese Mandarin 尿道
- 尿道 (niàodào)anatomical tube
Czech močová trubice
- močová trubiceanatomical tube
Danish urinrør, urinveje
- urinrøranatomical tube
- urinvejeanatomical tube
Dutch urinebuis
- urinebuisanatomical tube
Esperanto uretro
- uretroanatomical tube
Estonian kusiti
- kusitianatomical tube
Finnish virtsaputki
- virtsaputkianatomical tube
French urètre, urèthre
- urètreanatomical tube
- urèthreanatomical tube
German Harnröhre, Urethra
- Harnröhreanatomical tube
- Urethraanatomical tube
Greek ουρήθρα
- ουρήθρα (ouríthra)anatomical tube
Hebrew שׁוֹפְכָה
- שׁוֹפְכָה (shofkhá)anatomical tube
Hindi मूत्रमार्ग
- मूत्रमार्ग (mūtramārg)anatomical tube
Hungarian húgycső
- húgycsőanatomical tube
Icelandic þvagrás
- þvagrásanatomical tube
Indonesian uretra
- uretraanatomical tube
Irish úiréadra
- úiréadraanatomical tube
Italian uretra
- uretraanatomical tube
Japanese 尿道
- 尿道 (nyōdō)anatomical tube
Korean 요도
- 요도 (yodo)anatomical tube
Latin urethra
- urethraanatomical tube
Lithuanian šlaplė
- šlaplėanatomical tube
Māori pūaha mimi, taiawa mimi
- pūaha mimianatomical tube
- taiawa mimianatomical tube
Norwegian Bokmål urinrør, urinvei
- urinrøranatomical tube
- urinveianatomical tube
Persian میزراه
- میزراهanatomical tube
Polish cewka moczowa
- cewka moczowaanatomical tube
Portuguese uretra
- uretraanatomical tube
Russian мочеиспуска́тельный кана́л, уре́тра
- мочеиспуска́тельный кана́л (močeispuskátelʹnyj kanál)anatomical tube
- уре́тра (urétra)anatomical tube
Slovak močová rúra
- močová rúraanatomical tube
Spanish uretra
- uretraanatomical tube
Swahili mrija wa mkojo
- mrija wa mkojoanatomical tube
Swedish urinrör
- urinröranatomical tube
Thai ท่อปัสสาวะ
- ท่อปัสสาวะ (tɔ̂ɔ-bpàt-sǎa-wá)anatomical tube
Turkish üretra, sidik yolu
- üretraanatomical tube
- sidik yoluanatomical tube
Urdu موترمارگ
- موترمارگ (mūtramārg)anatomical tube
Vietnamese ống đái, ống dẫn nước tiểu
- ống đáianatomical tube
- ống dẫn nước tiểuanatomical tube
- niệu đạoanatomical tube
Cite this entry
APA
urethra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urethra
MLA
“urethra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urethra. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urethra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urethra.
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