hymen

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

• enPR: hī'mən, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪmən/

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• Rhymes: -aɪmən

hymen (plural hymens)

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

   Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane

2. (figurative) Marriage.

   1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 39810224, page 281:

   Fanny read to herself that "it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful Mrs. R. whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of hymen, and who had promised to become so brilliant a leader in the fashionable world, having quitted her husband's roof in company with the well known and captivating Mr. C. the intimate friend and associate of Mr. R. and it was not known, even to the editor of the newspaper, whither they were gone."

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪmɛn]
• Hyphenation: hy‧men

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

hymen m inan

1. hymen

hymen f

1. genitive plural of hymna

< Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “hymen”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhy(ː)men/, [ˈhy(ː)me̞n]
• Rhymes: -ymen
• Syllabification^(key): hy‧men

hymen

1. (anatomy, rare) hymen

• immenkalvo

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

• IPA^(key): /i.mɛn/

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hymen m (plural hymens)

1. (anatomy) hymen
2. marriage

• → English: hymen
• → Romanian: himen
• → Turkish: himen

• “hymen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦimen]

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

1. hymen

• panenská blana f

• hymenálny
• hymenový

• hymen in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk