hymen

See also: Hymen

English

Etymology

From French hymen, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hī'mən, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪmən/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -aɪmən

Noun

hymen (plural hymens)

1. (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.

   Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane

2. (figuratively) Marriage.

   1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 39810224, page 281:

   Fanny read to herself that "it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful Mrs. R. whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of hymen, and who had promised to become so brilliant a leader in the fashionable world, having quitted her husband's roof in company with the well known and captivating Mr. C. the intimate friend and associate of Mr. R. and it was not known, even to the editor of the newspaper, whither they were gone."

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hymenal
• hymenate
• hymenoplasty
• hymenorrhaphy
• hymenotomy
• imperforate hymen

Translations

membrane which occludes the vagina

• Arabic: غِشَاء اَلْبَكَارَة‎ m (ḡišāʾ al-bakāra)

  Egyptian Arabic: غشاء البكارة‎ m (ḡešāʾ el-bakāra)

• Armenian: կուսաթաղանթ (kusatʿałantʿ)
• Asturian: himen m
• Azerbaijani: qızlıq pərdəsi, dib (az) (colloquial)
• Belarusian: дзяво́цкая бало́на f (dzjavóckaja balóna), дзяво́цкая плява́ f (dzjavóckaja pljavá), пле́ўка дзяво́цтва f (pljéŭka dzjavóctva)
• Bulgarian: де́вствена ци́па f (dévstvena cípa), хи́мен m (hímen)
• Burmese: အပျိုမြှေး (a.pyuihmre:), ကညာမြှေး (my) (ka.nyahmre:)
• Catalan: himen m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 處女膜 (zh), 处女膜 (zh) (chǔnǚmó)

• Czech: panenská blána f, hymen (cs) m
• Danish: mødom c, jomfruhinde c, mødomshinde c, hymen c
• Dutch: maagdenvlies (nl) n, hymen (nl) n
• Esperanto: himeno
• Estonian: hüümen, neitsinahk
• Finnish: immenkalvo (fi)
• French: hymen (fr) m
• Galician: hime (gl) m
• Georgian: საქალწულე აპკი (sakalc̣ule aṗḳi)
• German: Hymen (de) m or n, Jungfernhäutchen (de) n
• Greek: παρθενικός υμένας m (parthenikós yménas)
• Hebrew: קְרוּם הַבְּתוּלִין‎ m (qrum habetulín)
• Hindi: हैमेन (haimen), योनिच्छद m (yonicchad), सतीच्छद m (satīcchad)
• Hungarian: szűzhártya (hu)
• Icelandic: meyjarhaft n, meydómsmerki n
• Irish: himéin f, scannán óchta m, dlaoi f
• Italian: imene (it) m
• Japanese: 処女膜 (しょじょまく, shojomaku)
• Khmer: សន្ទះព្រហ្មចារីយ៍ (sɑntĕəh prumcaarəy)
• Korean: 처녀막(處女膜) (ko) (cheonyeomak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perdeya keçinî f

• Latvian: jaunavības plēve f
• Lithuanian: mergystės plėvė f
• Macedonian: химен m (himen)
• Manx: moidynys f
• Maori: katitohe, kiritapu, taupā
• Marathi: उल्वाओढणी (ulvāoḍhṇī), योनिअंबर (yoniambar)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: онгон хальс (ongon xalʹs), хи̑мен m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jomfruhinne f, skjedekrans m, hymen

• Occitan: imèn m
• Persian: پرده بکارت‎ (fa) (parde-ye bekârat)
• Polish: błona dziewicza (pl) f
• Portuguese: hímen (pt) m
• Romanian: himen (ro) n
• Russian: де́вственная плева́ (ru) f (dévstvennaja plevá), гиме́н (ru) m (gimén)
• Scottish Gaelic: maighdeannas f, òigheachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: че̏дња̄к m, девичњак m

  Roman: čȅdnjāk (sh) m, devičnjak m, hȋmen (sh) m

• Slovak: panenská blana f
• Slovene: deviška kožica (sl) f, himen (sl) m
• Spanish: himen m
• Swedish: mödomshinna
• Tagalog: lamad
• Tajik: пардаи бакорат (pardayi bakorat)
• Thai: เยื่อพรหมจารี (yʉ̂ʉa-prom-má-jaa-rii)
• Turkish: kızlık zarı (tr), himen (tr)
• Ukrainian: діво́ча пліва́ f (divóča plivá), гі́мен m (hímen)
• Vietnamese: màng trinh (vi)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪmɛn]
• Hyphenation: hy‧men

Etymology 1

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

Noun

hymen m inan

1. hymen

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	hymen	hymeny
genitive	hymenu	hymenů
dative	hymenu	hymenům
accusative	hymen	hymeny
vocative	hymene	hymeny
locative	hymenu	hymenech
instrumental	hymenem	hymeny

Etymology 2

Noun

hymen f

1. genitive plural of hymna

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Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “hymen”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhy(ː)men/, [ˈhy(ː)me̞n]
• Rhymes: -ymen
• Syllabification^(key): hy‧men

Noun

hymen

1. (anatomy, rare) hymen

Declension

Inflection of hymen (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		hymen	hymenit
genitive		hymenin	hymenien hymeneiden hymeneitten
partitive		hymeniä	hymeneitä hymenejä
illative		hymeniin	hymeneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hymen	hymenit
accusative	nom.	hymen	hymenit
	gen.	hymenin
genitive		hymenin	hymenien hymeneiden hymeneitten
partitive		hymeniä	hymeneitä hymenejä
inessive		hymenissä	hymeneissä
elative		hymenistä	hymeneistä
illative		hymeniin	hymeneihin
adessive		hymenillä	hymeneillä
ablative		hymeniltä	hymeneiltä
allative		hymenille	hymeneille
essive		hymeninä	hymeneinä
translative		hymeniksi	hymeneiksi
instructive		—	hymenein
abessive		hymenittä	hymeneittä
comitative		—	hymeneineen

Possessive forms of hymen (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hymenini	hymenimme
2nd person	hymenisi	hymeninne
3rd person	hymeninsä

Synonyms

• immenkalvo

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mɛn/

• Audio (Switzerland)

  (file)

Noun

hymen m (plural hymens)

1. (anatomy) hymen
2. marriage

Descendants

• → English: hymen
• → Romanian: himen
• → Turkish: himen

Further reading

• “hymen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦimen]

Noun

hymen m (genitive singular hymenu, nominative plural hymeny, genitive plural hymenov, declension pattern of dub)

1. hymen

Declension

Declension of hymen

	singular	plural
nominative	hymen	hymeny
genitive	hymenu	hymenov
dative	hymenu	hymenom
accusative	hymen	hymeny
locative	hymene	hymenoch
instrumental	hymenom	hymenmi

Synonyms

• panenská blana f

Derived terms

• hymenálny
• hymenový

References

• hymen in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk