From urine + -ate, from Medieval Latin urino, from Classical Latin ūrīna.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/, /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/

urinate (urinates, present participle urinating; simple past and past participle urinated)

1. (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

• urine
• urinal
• urination
• urea

• French: uriner
• German: urinieren, harnen, pinkeln (childish)
• Italian: orinare, urinare, pisciare, fare pipì
• Portuguese: urinar, mijar (informal, vulgar)
• Russian: мочи́ться
• Spanish: orinar