prostate

See also: prostrate and pro-state

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one who stands before, protector, guardian”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs.teɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɔs.teɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɒsteɪt
• Hyphenation: pros‧tate

Noun

prostate (plural prostates)

1. The prostate gland. [from 1646]
   • 2022 August 24, Pip Dunn, “A Life Remembered: Paul Taylor - February 9 1971-August 9 2022”, in RAIL, number 964, page 24:

     Finally, Paul made me get my prostate checked. As I say, he's already left a legacy. But if you haven't chaps, please get yourself checked over - it's worth it.

Derived terms

• antiprostate
• benign prostate enlargement
• female prostate
• paraprostate
• prostaglandin
• prostasome
• prostasphere
• prostate cancer
• prostate massage
• prostate-specific
• prostate-specific antigen
• prostatic
• prostatism
• prostatitis
• prostato-

Descendants

• → Hindi: प्रोस्टेट (prosṭeṭ)
• → Urdu: پروسٹیٹ (prosṭeṭ)

Translations

prostate gland — see also prostate gland

Arabic: بْرُوسْتَات m (brustāt), بَرُوسْتَات m (barustāt), بْرُوسْتَات m (brostāt), مُوثَة f (mūṯa) Egyptian Arabic: بروستاتة f (brustāta) Armenian: շագանակագեղձ (hy) (šaganakageġj) Aromanian: prustat m Bengali: প্রোস্টেট (bn) (prōsṭeṭ), প্রোস্টেট গ্রন্থি (bn) (prōsṭeṭ gronthi) Bulgarian: простата (bg) f (prostata) Catalan: pròstata (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 前列腺 (cin4 lit6 sin3) Hokkien: 攝護腺 / 摄护腺 (liap-hō͘-sòaⁿ) Mandarin: 前列腺 (zh) (qiánlièxiàn), 攝護腺 / 摄护腺 (zh) (shèhùxiàn) Czech: prostata (cs) f Danish: prostata c Dutch: prostaat (nl) m Esperanto: prostato Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: eturauhanen (fi) French: prostate (fr) f Friulian: prostate f Galician: próstata (gl) f Georgian: პროსტატა (ṗrosṭaṭa) German: Prostata (de) f Greek: προστάτης (el) m (prostátis) Hindi: प्रोस्टेट m (prosṭeṭ) Hungarian: prosztata (hu) Icelandic: hvekkur Indonesian: prostat (id) Irish: próstatach m Italian: prostata (it) f Japanese: 前立腺 (ja) (ぜんりつせん, zenritsusen) Kazakh: қуықалды без (quyqaldy bez), қуық асты безі (quyq asty bezı) Khmer: ប្រូស្តាត (proustaat) Korean: 전립선(前立腺) (ko) (jeonnipseon) Latvian: priekšdziedzeris m Lithuanian: prostata f Maori: repe tātea, repe ure Mongolian: түрүү булчирхай (türüü bulčirxaj), урьд булчирхай (urʹd bulčirxaj) (China) ᠲᠦᠷᠦᠭᠦᠦ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (türügüü bulčirqai), ᠤᠷᠢᠳᠤ ᠪᠤᠯᠴᠢᠷᠬᠠᠢ (uridu bulčirqai) Navajo: alizh bikááz Northern Sami: ovdaráksá Norwegian: Bokmål: prostata m Nynorsk: prostata m Occitan: prostata f Persian: پروستات (fa) (porostât, prostât) Polish: prostata (pl) f Portuguese: próstata (pt) f Romanian: prostată (ro) f Russian: проста́та (ru) f (prostáta) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: простата f, корењача f Roman: prostata (sh) f, korenjača f Slovene: prostata (sl) f, obsečnica f Spanish: próstata (es) f Swedish: prostata (sv) Turkish: prostat (tr) Ukrainian: проста́та f (prostáta) Urdu: پروسٹیٹ m (prosṭeṭ) Uyghur: مەزى بېزى (mezi bëzi) Vietnamese: tuyến tiền liệt (vi) (腺前列) , nhiếp hộ tuyến (攝護腺) Volapük: prostat (vo) Welsh: prostad f

Adjective

prostate (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the prostate gland.

Etymology 2

From pro- +‎ state.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈsteɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt
• Hyphenation: pro‧state

Adjective

prostate (comparative more prostate, superlative most prostate)

1. 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/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

prostate f (plural prostates)

1. 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

1. plural of prostata

Anagrams

• Serpotta, aspretto, portaste, prestato, protesta, sportate, spretato, sterpato, traposte

Latin

Verb

prōstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōstō