Dictionary

urethra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /jʊˈɹiθɹə/ (General-American)
• /jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.

Meanings

1. The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

Forms

Deriveds

megalourethra · prostatic urethra · urethral · urethralgia · urethritis · neourethra

Hypernyms

urogenital sinus - embryological precursor

Relateds

ureter · urinary tract

Translations (79)

vi ống đái (anatomical tube) · th ท่อปัสสาวะ (anatomical tube) · nb urinvei (anatomical tube) · da urinrør (anatomical tube) · ja 尿道 (anatomical tube) · kk несепшығар өзегі (anatomical tube) · nb urinrør (anatomical tube) · sl urétra (anatomical tube) · de Harnröhre (anatomical tube) · la urethra (anatomical tube) · hi मूत्रमार्ग (anatomical tube) · de Urethra (anatomical tube) · et kusiti (anatomical tube) · kk зәр өзегі (anatomical tube) · lt šlaplė (anatomical tube) · hy միզուկ (anatomical tube) · grc οὐρήθρα (anatomical tube) · eo uretro (anatomical tube) · ca uretra (anatomical tube) · io uretro (anatomical tube) · vo yurinatuib (anatomical tube) · tr üretra (anatomical tube) · nn urinveg (anatomical tube) · ar إِحْلِيل (anatomical tube) · ko 요도 (anatomical tube) · cmn 尿道 (anatomical tube) · it uretra (anatomical tube) · cs močová trubice (anatomical tube) · da urinveje (anatomical tube) · se gožžaoarri (anatomical tube) · te ప్రసేకం (anatomical tube) · mi pūaha mimi (anatomical tube) · ka შარდსაწვეთი (anatomical tube) · vi ống dẫn nước tiểu (anatomical tube) · fa میزراه (anatomical tube) · iu ᖁᕐᕆᕕᒃ (anatomical tube) · ru уре́тра (anatomical tube) · sw mrija wa mkojo (anatomical tube) · ga úiréadra (anatomical tube) · sq uretër (anatomical tube) · nl urinebuis (anatomical tube) · pl cewka moczowa (anatomical tube) · ur موترمارگ (anatomical tube) · sh мокраћна цијев (anatomical tube) · id uretra (anatomical tube) · dv ކުޑަކަމުދާ ހޮޅި (anatomical tube) · sv urinrör (anatomical tube) · br kan-troazh (anatomical tube) · is þvagrás (anatomical tube) · hu húgycső (anatomical tube) · sq ujëhollënxjerrës (anatomical tube) · ota سیدك یولی (anatomical tube) · su urétra (anatomical tube) · new युरेथ्रा (anatomical tube) · el ουρήθρα (anatomical tube) · sh mokraćna cijev (anatomical tube) · es uretra (anatomical tube) · mi taiawa mimi (anatomical tube) · fr urètre (anatomical tube) · gl uretra (anatomical tube) · arz إحليل (anatomical tube) · ru мочеиспуска́тельный кана́л (anatomical tube) · kmr mîzerê (anatomical tube) · yue 尿道 (anatomical tube) · bg уретер (anatomical tube) · tr sidik yolu (anatomical tube) · vi niệu đạo (anatomical tube) · fo vatnræsi (anatomical tube) · sl séčnica (anatomical tube) · bg пикочен канал (anatomical tube) · he שׁוֹפְכָה (anatomical tube) · sk močová rúra (anatomical tube) · bn মূত্রনালি (anatomical tube) · fi virtsaputki (anatomical tube) · fr urèthre (anatomical tube) · pt uretra (anatomical tube) · ast uretra (anatomical tube) · nds Harnröhr (anatomical tube) · bn মূত্রনালী (anatomical tube)