Periods Meaning in English

word · lemma: period

US

/ˈpɪɹiədz/

PEER-ee-uhdz

UK

/pˈiəɹɪədz/

PEER-ee-uhdz

التعريف

Plural of 'period'; means blocks of time with specific features, or refers to menstruation in casual conversation.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Periods' often refers to time spans (school periods, historical periods) or informally to menstruation ('have your period'). In written English, 'periods' is also the plural of the punctuation mark (.), but that's less common.

• Spanish: períodos - menstruaciones (ciclo menstrual)
• Portuguese (BR): períodos - menstruação (ciclo menstrual)
• Portuguese (PT): períodos - menstruação (ciclo menstrual)
• Chinese (Simplified): 时期 - 月经 (生理期)
• Chinese (Traditional): 時期 - 月經 (生理期)
• Hindi: अवधियाँ - पीरियड्स (मासिक धर्म)
• Arabic: فترات - دورة شهرية
• Bengali: সময় - মাসিক
• Russian: периоды - месячные
• Japanese: 期間 - 生理
• Vietnamese: giai đoạn - kinh nguyệt
• Korean: 기간 - 생리
• Turkish: dönemler - regl
• Urdu: دَورانیے - حیض
• Indonesian: periode - haid

جمل نموذجية

Our school has six periods every day.

basic

The painting shows different historical periods.

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Many women have stomach pain during their periods.

basic

I'm tired because my periods have been really heavy this month.

natural

There were long periods when nothing changed at work.

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Some people use apps to track their periods and know when they're coming.

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