prostate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French prostate, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prostata. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒs.teɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑs.teɪt/ Rhymes: -ɒsteɪt Hyphenation: pros‧tate ==== Noun ==== prostate (plural prostates) The prostate gland. [from 1646] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Hindi: प्रोस्टेट (prosṭeṭ) → Urdu: پروسٹیٹ (prosṭeṭ) ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== prostate (not comparable) Of or relating to the prostate gland. === Etymology 2 === From pro- + state. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈsteɪt/ Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt Hyphenation: pro‧state ==== Adjective ==== prostate (comparative more prostate, superlative most prostate) Alternative spelling of pro-state. === Further reading === prostate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one who stands before”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɔs.tat/ === Noun === prostate f (plural prostates) prostate Synonym: (anatomy) glande prostatique ==== Derived terms ==== prostatique ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: پروستات (porostât) → Polish: prostata → Turkish: prostat === Further reading === “prostate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === prostate f plural of prostata === Anagrams === Serpotta, aspretto, portaste, prestato, protesta, sportate, spretato, sterpato, traposte == Latin == === Verb === prōstāte second-person plural present active imperative of prōstō