hygiene
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 terms edit
Translations edit
science of health
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 edit
Noun edit
hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)