hygiene
English
editEtymology
editFrom French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (tékhnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes)
- The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
- Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
- Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.
- Cleanliness.
- They have poor personal hygiene.
- (computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
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editTranslations
editscience of health
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conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
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Further reading
edit- “hygiene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hygiene”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
edit- ^ “hygiene”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
edithygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
edithygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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