urinate
Etymology
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Etymology
From urine + -ate, from Medieval Latin urino, from Classical Latin ūrīna.
Pronunciation Verburinate (urinates, present participle urinating; simple past and past participle urinated)
- (intransitive, urology) To pass urine from the body.
- Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
- Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.
- 1877, John Harvey Kellogg, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w Plain Facts for Old and Young]:
- See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.
- See urinate
- French: uriner
- German: urinieren, harnen, pinkeln (childish)
- Italian: orinare, urinare, pisciare, fare pipì
- Portuguese: urinar, mijar (informal, vulgar)
- Russian: мочи́ться
- Spanish: orinar
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