hymen
See also: Hymen
English
Etymology
From French hymen, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: hī'mən, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪmən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪmən
Noun
hymen (plural hymens)
- (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
- Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane
- (figurative) Marriage.
- 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 281–282:
- 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."
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- hymenal
- hymenate
- hymenoplasty
- hymenorrhaphy
- hymenotomy
- imperforate hymen
Translations
membrane which occludes the vagina
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɪmɛn]
- Hyphenation: hy‧men
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).
Declension
Declension of hymen (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hymen | hymeny |
| genitive | hymenu | hymenů |
| dative | hymenu | hymenům |
| accusative | hymen | hymeny |
| vocative | hymene | hymeny |
| locative | hymenu | hymenech |
| instrumental | hymenem | hymeny |
References
Finnish
Etymology
< Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “hymen”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhy(ː)men/, [ˈhy(ː)me̞n]
- Rhymes: -ymen
- Syllabification(key): hy‧men
Declension
| Inflection of hymen (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mɛn/
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Further reading
- “hymen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦimen]
Noun
hymen m inan (genitive singular hymenu, nominative plural hymeny, genitive plural hymenov, declension pattern of dub)
- hymen
- Synonym: panenská blana f
Declension
Derived terms
- hymenálny
- hymenový
References
- hymen in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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