urinary
/ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/adjective
urinary is spelled U-R-I-N-A-R-Y: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, urinary means “Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in urinary?
| Letters | 7: U-R-I-N-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is urinary?
Urinary appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce urinary?
- UK /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/
- US /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/
- US /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/
Urinary has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-urinary.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-عُثمان_(Middle_river_exports)-urinary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does urinary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion.
- 2
Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting the organs involved in the production, function, or excretion of urine.
noun
- 1
archaicA urinary device or fixture: a urinal.
Arconum–I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Urinary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense urinary:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does urinary come from?
From New Latin ūrīnārius. By surface analysis, urine + -ary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).