hygiene
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From 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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hygiene (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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
science of health
conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
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Further readingEdit
- “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.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “hygiene”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)