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Asturian
Noun
himen m (plural hímenes)
- (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hymen, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).
Pronunciation
Noun
himen m (plural hímens)
- hymen
Further reading
Galician
Noun
himen m (plural himens)
- (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French hymen, from Latin hymen.
Noun
himen n (plural himene)
- hymen
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xîːmen/
- Hyphenation: hi‧men
Noun
hȋmen m (Cyrillic spelling хи̑мен)
- hymen
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin hymen, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈimen/
- Rhymes: -imen
- Syllabification: hi‧men
Noun
himen m (plural hímenes)
- hymen
Further reading
Volapük
Etymology
hi- + men
Noun
himen (nominative plural himens)
- male human (man or boy)
Declension
declension of himen
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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