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hygiene

See also: Hygiene, hygiène, and hygiëne

English

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Etymology

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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

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  • enPR: hī'jēn, hījēn', IPA(key): /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/, /haɪˈd͡ʒiːn/[1]
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Noun

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hygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes)

  1. The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
  2. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
    Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.
  3. Cleanliness.
    They have poor personal hygiene.
  4. (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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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ “hygiene”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Noun

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hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)

  1. hygiene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)

  1. hygiene

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