hygiene

See also: Hygiene, hygiène, and hygiëne

English

Etymology

From French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (hugieinḗ) [τέχνη (tékhnē)] (art of health), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hī'jēn, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdʒiːn/
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Noun

hygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes)

  1. The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
  2. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
    Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.
  3. Cleanliness.
    They have poor personal hygiene.
  4. (computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

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Further reading

  • hygiene in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • hygiene in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)

  1. hygiene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)

  1. hygiene

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