hymen

See also: Hymen

English

Etymology

From French hymen, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hī'mən, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪmən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪmən

Noun

hymen (plural hymens)

  1. (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
  2. (figuratively) Marriage.

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɪmɛn/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).

Noun

hymen m

  1. hymen

Etymology 2

Noun

hymen

  1. genitive plural of hymna

References

    Finnish

    Etymology

    < Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “hymen”)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhyːmen/
    • Hyphenation: hy‧men

    Noun

    hymen

    1. (anatomy, rare) hymen

    Declension

    Inflection of hymen (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
    nominative hymen hymenit
    genitive hymenin hymenien
    hymeneiden
    hymeneitten
    partitive hymeniä hymeneitä
    hymenejä
    illative hymeniin hymeneihin
    singular plural
    nominative hymen hymenit
    accusative nom. hymen hymenit
    gen. hymenin
    genitive hymenin hymenien
    hymeneiden
    hymeneitten
    partitive hymeniä hymeneitä
    hymenejä
    inessive hymenissä hymeneissä
    elative hymenistä hymeneistä
    illative hymeniin hymeneihin
    adessive hymenillä hymeneillä
    ablative hymeniltä hymeneiltä
    allative hymenille hymeneille
    essive hymeninä hymeneinä
    translative hymeniksi hymeneiksi
    instructive — hymenein
    abessive hymenittä hymeneittä
    comitative — hymeneineen

    Synonyms

    Slovak

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɦimɛn/

    Noun

    hymen m (genitive singular hymenu, nominative plural hymeny, genitive plural hymenov, declension pattern of dub)

    1. hymen

    Declension

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • hymenálny
    • hymenový

    References

    • hymen in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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