hymen

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

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

hymen (plural hymens)

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

• maidenhead
• virginal membrane

• IPA^(key): /ɦɪmɛn/

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

hymen m

1. hymen

hymen

1. genitive plural of hymna

< Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “hymen”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyːmen/, [ˈhyːme̞n]
• Hyphenation: hy‧men

hymen

1. (anatomy, rare) hymen

• immenkalvo

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

• IPA^(key): /i.mɛn/

hymen m (plural hymens)

1. (anatomy) hymen

• “hymen” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

• IPA^(key): /ɦimɛn/

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 korpus.sk