Meanings
present singular third person urinates · participle present urinating · participle past urinated · past urinated
- intransitivemedicineTo pass urine from the body.
Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
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Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.
See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.
1877, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and YoungThe fact that, to the ancients, nothing appeared to be produced without the action of fire or water, or both, suggested the part played by them in the creation of animal and vegetable life. It was a sin to pollute a stream or river by urinating in it.
1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 27Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 239Synonyms: break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle, piss, slash
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo pass urine from the body.
More synonyms by meaning
verbeliminate urine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinurinātus
- Englishurinate
Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek οὐρέω
- οὐρέω (ouréō)to pass urine from the body
Arabic تَبَوَّلَ, بَالَ
- تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala)to pass urine from the body
- بَالَ (bāla)to pass urine from the body
Bengali মুতা
- মুতা (muta)to pass urine from the body
Bulgarian пика́я, урини́рам
- пика́я (pikája)to pass urine from the body
- урини́рам (uriníram)to pass urine from the body
Catalan orinar
- orinarto pass urine from the body
Chinese Cantonese 尿, 排尿
- 尿 (niu⁶)to pass urine from the body
- 排尿 (paai⁴ niu⁶)to pass urine from the body
- 屙尿 (o¹ niu⁶)to pass urine from the body
- 小便 (siu² bin⁶)to pass urine from the body
Chinese Mandarin 尿, 排尿
- 尿 (niào)to pass urine from the body
- 排尿 (páiniào)to pass urine from the body
- 撒尿 (sāniào)to pass urine from the body
- 小便 (xiǎobiàn)to pass urine from the body
Czech močit
- močitto pass urine from the body
Danish urinere, tisse
- urinereto pass urine from the body
- tisseto pass urine from the body
Dutch urineren, plassen
- urinerento pass urine from the body
- plassento pass urine from the body
Esperanto urini, maltrinki
- urinito pass urine from the body
- maltrinkito pass urine from the body
- pisito pass urine from the body
Estonian kusema, urineerima
- kusemato pass urine from the body
- urineerimato pass urine from the body
Finnish virtsata, urinoida
- virtsatato pass urine from the body
- urinoidato pass urine from the body
- pissatato pass urine from the body
- kustato pass urine from the body
French uriner
- urinerto pass urine from the body
German urinieren, harnen
- urinierento pass urine from the body
- harnento pass urine from the body
Greek ουρώ
- ουρώ (ouró)to pass urine from the body
Hebrew הִשְׁתִּין
- הִשְׁתִּיןto pass urine from the body
Hindi मूतना
- मूतना (mūtnā)to pass urine from the body
Hungarian vizel
- vizelto pass urine from the body
Indonesian kencing, berkemih
- kencingto pass urine from the body
- berkemihto pass urine from the body
- buang air kecilto pass urine from the body
- pipisto pass urine from the body
Italian orinare, urinare
- orinareto pass urine from the body
- urinareto pass urine from the body
- pisciareto pass urine from the body
- fare pipìto pass urine from the body
Japanese 排尿する, 放尿する
- 排尿する (hainyō suru)to pass urine from the body
- 放尿する (hōnyō suru)to pass urine from the body
- 小便をする (shōben o suru)to pass urine from the body
Korean 소변보다
- 소변보다 (sobyeonboda)to pass urine from the body
Latin mingo
- mingoto pass urine from the body
Lithuanian myžti, šlapintis
- myžtito pass urine from the body
- šlapintisto pass urine from the body
Malay berkemih, berkencing
- berkemihto pass urine from the body
- berkencingto pass urine from the body
Norwegian urinere, slå lens
- urinereto pass urine from the body
- slå lensto pass urine from the body
Persian ادرار کردن, میختن
- ادرار کردن (edrâr kardan)to pass urine from the body
- میختن (mixtan)to pass urine from the body
- میزیدن (mizidan)to pass urine from the body
- کمیختن (komixtan)to pass urine from the body
Polish oddawać mocz, oddać mocz
- oddawać moczto pass urine from the body
- oddać moczto pass urine from the body
Portuguese urinar, mijar
- urinarto pass urine from the body
- mijarto pass urine from the body
Romanian urina
- urinato pass urine from the body
Russian мочи́ться, пи́сать
- мочи́ться (močítʹsja)to pass urine from the body
- пи́сать (písatʹ)to pass urine from the body
- си́кать (síkatʹ)to pass urine from the body
- ссать (ssatʹ)to pass urine from the body
Scottish Gaelic mùin
- mùinto pass urine from the body
Slovak močiť
- močiťto pass urine from the body
Spanish orinar
- orinarto pass urine from the body
Swahili -kojoa, -tabawali
- -kojoato pass urine from the body
- -tabawalito pass urine from the body
Swedish urinera, kissa
- urinerato pass urine from the body
- kissato pass urine from the body
- pissato pass urine from the body
- slå en drillto pass urine from the body
- göra nummer ettto pass urine from the body
- slå en sjuato pass urine from the body
Tagalog umihi, ihian
- umihito pass urine from the body
- ihianto pass urine from the body
Thai ปัสสาวะ, ฉี่
- ปัสสาวะ (bpàt-sǎa-wá)to pass urine from the body
- ฉี่ (chìi)to pass urine from the body
Turkish işemek
- işemekto pass urine from the body
Ukrainian мочи́тися, пісяти impf сцяти
- мочи́тися (močýtysja)to pass urine from the body
- пісяти impf сцяти (pisjaty)to pass urine from the body
Urdu موتنا
- موتنا (mūtnā)to pass urine from the body
Vietnamese tiểu, tiểu tiện
- tiểuto pass urine from the body
- tiểu tiệnto pass urine from the body
Welsh troethi, gwneud dŵr
- troethito pass urine from the body
- gwneud dŵrto pass urine from the body
Yiddish אורינירן
- אורינירן (urinirn)to pass urine from the body
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Cite this entry
urinate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinate
“urinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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