himen

Noun

himen m (plural hímenes)

1. (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈi.mən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈi.men]

Noun

himen m (plural hímens)

1. hymen

Further reading

• “himen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “himen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “himen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “himen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimeŋ/ [ˈi.mẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -imeŋ
• Hyphenation: hi‧men

Noun

himen m (plural himens)

1. (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

Etymology

Borrowed from French hymen, from Latin hymen.

Noun

himen n (plural himene)

1. hymen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xîːmen/
• Hyphenation: hi‧men

Noun

hȋmen m (Cyrillic spelling хи̑мен)

1. hymen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimen/ [ˈi.mẽn]
• Rhymes: -imen
• Syllabification: hi‧men

Noun

himen m (plural hímenes)

1. hymen

   Synonym: virgo

Further reading

• “himen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

hi- +‎ men

Noun

himen (nominative plural himens)

1. male human (man or boy)