There are over 5,000 different slang terms and euphemisms for the word "period".

That’s according to a new international survey which looked into attitudes around the world towards menstruation.

Conducted by Clue with The International Women’s Health Coalition, the survey received over 90,000 responses spanning 190 different countries about issues including education, how many people take time off when they are on their period, and how comfortable we feel discussing menstruation.

Euphemisms for periods were found in 10 different languages, while 78 per cent of participants around the world believed that slang words were used when talking about periods.

France and China spoke about periods in 91 per cent slang terms, followed by Denmark at 86 per cent.

Period euphemisms around the World Show all 8 1 /8 Period euphemisms around the World Period euphemisms around the World Germany 'Erdbeerwoche': translates as 'strawberry week' iStock Period euphemisms around the World France 'Les Anglais out debarque' or 'The English have arrived' referring to past wars with England and possibly the British army's red coats Getty Images Period euphemisms around the World Brazil 'Eustou Com Chico' or "I'm with Chico' in reference to socialist Chico Mendes and possibly his gruesome assassination in the late 80's Getty Images Period euphemisms around the World Finland The Finnish affectionately refer to periods and pms as 'Hullum Lechman Tauti' or 'mad cow disease' Getty Images Period euphemisms around the World The United States Though there are many varied terms, a popular americans commonly refer to periods as 'Aunt Flo' iStock Period euphemisms around the World China In China you may hear 'its little sister to come in' iStock Period euphemisms around the World Denmark 'Der Er Kommunister i Lysthuset' or 'There are communists in the funhouse' Getty Images Period euphemisms around the World South Africa A famed colloquialism for a period in South Africa is 'Grannys stuck in traffic' iStock

Here are some of the most frequently used euphemisms in the English language:

- Aunt Flo/Aunt Flow/Aunt

- Time of the month/TOM/That time of the month

- On the rags/rag/ragging

- Red tide/river/sea/moon/light/army/curse/days/dot

- Code Red

- Monthly visitor

- Mother Nature

- Lady time/Lady friend/Lady days

Other English language entries include:

- Crimson wave/tide

- Bloody Mary

- The Blob

- Shark Week

- Painters in/Having the painters in

Euphemisms in other languages:

In Sweden periods can be referred to as "Ligonveckan" which means "ligonberry week", which is similar to Germany’s "Erdbeerwoche" (strawberry week), and Finland has "Hullum lechman tauti" (Mad cow disease).

Brazil has "Eusou Com Chico" ("I'm with Chico" - referring to the socialist Chico Mendes), while China says "Its little sister has come".

Denmark gets inventive with "Der Er Kommunister i Lysthuset" ("There are communists in the funhouse") and women in South Africa might say "Granny's stuck in traffic".