andropause

English

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -pause, based on menopause.

Noun

andropause (uncountable)

1. (medicine, endocrinology) The male equivalent of the menopause in women; characterized by a decline in libido and overall energy.

Synonyms

• male menopause
• viropause

informal

• manopause
• penopause

Translations

male equivalent of the menopause

• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: lungtoy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男性更年期

• Finnish: andropaussi (fi)
• French: andropause (fr) f
• German: Andropause (de) f
• Greek: ανδρόπαυση (el) f (andrópafsi)
• Indonesian: andropause
• Italian: andropausa (it) f
• Polish: andropauza (pl) f, męskie klimakterium n
• Portuguese: andropausa f
• Russian: возрастно́й андроге́нный дефици́т m (vozrastnój androgénnyj deficít)
• Swedish: andropaus (sv)

French

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -pause, based on ménopause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dʁɔ.poz/

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Noun

andropause f (usually uncountable, plural andropauses)

1. andropause

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, from English andropause.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /androˈpau̯sə/ [an.droˈpau̯.sə]
• Rhymes: -au̯sə
• Syllabification: an‧dro‧pau‧se

Noun

andropausê

1. (medicine, endocrinology) andropause

Further reading

• “andropause”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Noun

andropause f pl

1. plural of andropausa

Anagrams

• persuadano