hyene
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See also: hyène
Middle English
Noun
hyene
- Alternative form of hiene
Middle French
Noun
hyene f (plural hyenes)
- hyena (animal)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Noun
hyene m (definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyener, definite plural hyenene)
References
- “hyene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Noun
hyene m (definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyenar, definite plural hyenane)
References
- “hyene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina, “hyena or hyaena”), from ὗς (hûs, “pig or swine”) with -αινα (-aina).
Noun
hyene oblique singular, f (oblique plural hyenes, nominative singular hyene, nominative plural hyenes)
- hyena (animal)
- c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, lines 581–2:
- HYENE signefie, ne lerrai ne l' vus die,
Hume aver cuveitus, ki est luxurius;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)