himen

himen m (plural hímenes)

1. (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

himen m (plural hímens)

1. hymen

• “himen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “himen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “himen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “himen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈimeŋ/
• Rhymes: -imeŋ
• Hyphenation: hi‧men

himen m (plural himens)

1. (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

Borrowed from French hymen, from Latin hymen.

himen n (plural himene)

1. hymen

• IPA^(key): /xîːmen/
• Hyphenation: hi‧men

hȋmen m (Cyrillic spelling хи̑мен)

1. hymen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈimen/
• Rhymes: -imen
• Syllabification: hi‧men

himen m (plural hímenes)

1. hymen

   Synonym: virgo

• “himen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

hi- +‎ men

himen (nominative plural himens)

1. male human (man or boy)

• men

• pul, hicil
• man

• jimen