hiena

See also: hienă, hiéna, hiëna, and híena

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hiena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iena/, [i.e̞.na]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hiena/, [ɦi.e̞.na]
  • (file)

Noun

hiena anim

  1. hyena

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

Noun

hiena f (plural hienes)

  1. hyena

Further reading

Galician

Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)

  1. hyena

Italian

Noun

hiena f (plural hiene)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iena

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish hiena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxjɛna/
  • Hyphenation: hie‧na

Noun

hiena f

  1. hyena (carnivore of the family Hyaenidae)

References

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), hiena”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

Lithuanian

Noun

hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2

  1. hyena

Declension

Middle English

Noun

hiena

  1. Alternative form of hiene

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxjɛ.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: hie‧na

Noun

hiena f

  1. hyena

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kashubian: hiena

Further reading

  • hiena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hiena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈjẽ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈje.na/

  • Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na

Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)

  1. hyena

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hiˈena]

Noun

hiena f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of hienă

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝena/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.na]
  • IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjena/ [ˈje.na]

  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: hie‧na

Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)

  1. hyena

Further reading

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