menstrualis

Latin

Etymology

From mēnstruus (“of or pertaining to a month, monthly”) +‎ -ālis, from mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /men.struˈaː.lis/, [mẽːs̠t̪ruˈäːlʲɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /men.struˈa.lis/, [menst̪ruˈäːlis]

Adjective

mēnstruālis (neuter mēnstruāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

Monthly, every month, for a month.
(post-Augustan) Of or pertaining to the monthly courses of women; in the process of menstruation.

Declension

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Synonyms

(monthly): mēnstruus, mēnsuālis

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: menstrual
English: menstrual
French: menstruel
Portuguese: menstrual
Spanish: menstrual

References

“menstrualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
menstrualis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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