English Explanatory Dictionary

urine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
verb
  1. To urinate.

Pronunciation

yo͝orʹĭn yo͝orʹīn /ˈjʊəɹɪn/ /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-urine.wav yûrʹĭn /ˈjʊɹɪn/ /ˈjɝɪn/ /ˈjʉːəɹɪn/

Word forms

urine urines urining urined

Etymology

From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.

Synonyms

emiction lant netting pee peepee piss sig urine water wazz wee wee-wee

Related words

urinate urination urinary system

Derived words

black urine disease cow urine extract the urine maple syrup urine disease nonurine pass urine purple urine bag syndrome uric urinable urinaceous urinal urinalysis urinary urinate urination urinative urine bottle urine box urineless urinelike urinemia urinemic urine therapy uriniferous uriniparous urinogenous urinology urinoma urinometer urinometry urinomics urinose urinosexual urinous
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