urination

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/jʊəɹɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

The process of passing urine, that is, of eliminating liquid waste from the body.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounurination (countable and uncountable, plural urinations)

plural urinations

  1. countableuncountableThe process of passing urine, that is, of eliminating liquid waste from the body.

    Synonyms: call of nature, easement, emiction, leak, making water, miction, micturition, number one

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of passing urine, that is, of eliminating liquid waste from the body.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe discharge of urine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian уриниране
  • уриниране (urinirane)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Chinese Mandarin 排尿, 撒尿
  • 排尿 (páiniào)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • 撒尿 (sāniào)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • 泌尿 (mìniào)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Czech močení
  • močeníthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Danish urinering
  • urineringthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Esperanto urinado
  • urinadothe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Finnish virtsaaminen
  • virtsaaminenthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
French miction
  • mictionthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
German Miktion, Urinieren
  • Miktionthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • Urinierenthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • Harnlassenthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Greek ούρηση
  • ούρηση (oúrisi)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Hebrew השתנה
  • השתנה (ha'shta'na)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Hungarian vizelés, vizeletürítés
  • vizelésthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • vizeletürítésthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Italian minzione
  • minzionethe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Japanese 排尿, 放尿
  • 排尿 (hainyō)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • 放尿 (hōnyō)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Norwegian Bokmål urinering
  • urineringthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Polish oddawanie moczu
  • oddawanie moczuthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Portuguese urinação, mijo
  • urinaçãothe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • mijothe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Romanian urinare, micțiune
  • urinarethe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • micțiunethe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Russian мочеиспуска́ние
  • мочеиспуска́ние (močeispuskánije)the process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Spanish micción, orinadera
  • micciónthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • orinaderathe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Swedish urinering, vattenkastning
  • urineringthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
  • vattenkastningthe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body
Turkish işeme
  • işemethe process of eliminating liquid waste from the body

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APA

urination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urination

MLA

“urination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urination. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urination.

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