# urinate
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine +‎ -ate. Compare French uriner.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/, /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

urinate (third-person singular simple present 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, 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.
** 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 27:The 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.

#### Usage notes

This is a medical term loaned from Latin, but some people prefer to use this word in some social situations as an alternative to piss which can be too vulgar and pee, wee, etc. which can sound embarrassingly childish. The same applies to the noun urine.

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:urinate

#### Related terms

* urea
* urinal
* urination
* urine

#### Translations

Arabic: تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala), بَالَ (bāla)
Hijazi Arabic: شَخّ (šaḵḵ)
Armenian: միզել (hy) (mizel)
Assamese: মূতা (muta) (informal, childish), পেছাপ কৰা (pesap kora) (formal)
Asturian: mexar (ast), deburar
Azerbaijani: işəmək
Bashkir: һейеү (heyew)
Belarusian: мачы́цца impf (mačýcca)
Bengali: মুতা (bn) (muta)
Bulgarian: пика́я (bg) impf (pikája), урини́рам (bg) impf or pf (uriníram)
Burmese: ဆီးသွား (my) (hci:swa:), ကျင်ငယ်စွန့် (my) (kyangngaicwan.), သေးပေါက် (my) (se:pauk), အခင်းလေးသွား (my) (a.hkang:le:swa:), အပေါ့သွား (my) (a.pau.swa:)
Catalan: orinar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏗᎬᎠ (adigva)
Cheyenne: -só
Chinese:
Cantonese: 尿 (niu$^6$), 排尿 (paai$^4$ niu$^6$), 屙尿 (yue) (o$^1$ niu$^6$), 小便 (siu$^2$ bin$^6$)
Hakka: 屙尿 (ô-ngiau), 尿 (ngiau)
Hokkien: 放尿 (zh-min-nan) (pàng-jiō, pàng-liō), 漩尿 (soān-jiō, soān-liō), 尿 (zh-min-nan) (jiō, liō), 小便 (zh-min-nan) (sió-piān)
Mandarin: 尿 (zh) (niào), 排尿 (zh) (páiniào), 撒尿 (zh) (sāniào), 小便 (zh) (xiǎobiàn)
Czech: močit (cs)
Dalmatian: miur
Danish: urinere (da), tisse (da)
Dutch: urineren (nl), plassen (nl)
Egyptian: (wzš), (fgn)
Esperanto: urini, maltrinki (eo), pisi (eo)
Finnish: virtsata (fi), suhuttaa, suhauttaa
French: uriner (fr)
Middle French: uriner
Old French: uriner
Galician: mexar (gl), ouriñar (gl)
Georgian: მოშარდვა (mošardva), შარდვა (šardva)
German: urinieren (de), harnen (de), pinkeln (de) (childish)
Greek: ουρώ (el) (ouró)
Ancient: οὐρέω (ouréō)
Hebrew: הִשְׁתִּין (he)
Hindi: मूतना (hi) (mūtnā)
Hungarian: vizel (hu)
Ido: urinifar (io)
Indonesian: kencing (id), berkemih (id), buang air kecil (id), pipis (id)
Ingrian: kussa
Italian: orinare (it), urinare (it), pisciare (it), fare pipì
Japanese: 排尿する (ja) (はいにょうする, hainyō suru), 放尿する (ja) (ほうにょうする, hōnyō suru), 小便をする (ja) (しょうべんをする, shōben o suru)
Khakas: сідирге (sìdirge)
Khmer: នោម (km) (noam)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mîstin (ku), mîz kirin (ku)
Latin: mingo
Lithuanian: myžti (lt), šlapintis
Macedonian: урини́ра impf (uriníra), мо́ча impf (móča), врши мала нужда impf (vrši mala nužda) (euphemism), оди по мала нужда impf (odi po mala nužda) (euphemism)
Malay: berkemih, berkencing
Maltese: biel
Manchu: ᠰᡳᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ (sitembi)
Mongolian: шээх (mn) (šeex)
Norwegian: urinere, slå lens
Occitan: orinar (oc)
Old English: mīgan
Persian: ادرار کردن (fa) (edrâr kardan)
Piedmontese: uriné
Polish: oddawać mocz impf, oddać mocz pf
Portuguese: urinar (pt), mijar (pt) (informal, vulgar)
Quechua: ispay (qu), jisp'ay
Romanian: urina (ro)
Russian: мочи́ться (ru) impf (močítʹsja), пи́сать (ru) impf (písatʹ) (childish or colloquial, note word stress), си́кать (ru) impf (síkatʹ) (childish or colloquial), ссать (ru) impf (ssatʹ) (vulgar)
Sanskrit: मेहति (sa) (mehati)
Scottish Gaelic: mùin
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мокрити, пишати (pišati), шорати (šorati)
Latin: mokriti (sh), pišati (sh), šorati (sh), scati (Croatia)
Slovak: močiť impf
Southern Altai: чӱштеер (čüšteer), сийер (siyer)
Spanish: orinar (es)
Swahili: -kojoa, -tabawali
Swedish: urinera (sv), kissa (sv) (colloquial), pissa (sv) (colloquial), slå en drill (sv) (colloquial), göra nummer ett (colloquial), slå en sjua (sv)
Tabaru: osisi
Tagalog: umihi, ihian
Thai: ปัสสาวะ (th) (bpàt-sǎa-wá), ฉี่ (th) (chìi)
Tidore: osi
Turkish: işemek (tr)
Tuvan: сидиктээр (sidikteer)
Udi: чишпсун (čišpsun)
Ukrainian: мочи́тися impf (močýtysja), пісяти (uk) impf (pisjaty) сцяти impf (scjaty)
Urdu: موتنا (mūtnā)
Vietnamese: tiểu (vi), tiểu tiện (vi)
Volapük: yurinön (vo), (older term) luvatön
Welsh: troethi (cy), gwneud dŵr (cy) (literally “to make water”)
Yakut: ииктээ (iiktee)
Yiddish: אורינירן (urinirn)
Yucatec Maya: wiix :

### See also

* uranate

### Anagrams

* Iturean, Taurine, ruinate, taurine, uranite

## Esperanto
### Adverb

urinate
* present adverbial passive participle of urini

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

urinate
* inflection of urinare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

urinate f pl
* feminine plural of urinato

### Anagrams

* Rutenia, taurine, unterai, uretani, uterina

## Latin
### Participle

ūrīnāte
* vocative masculine singular of ūrīnātus