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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hygiene

/ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
hy-giene
IPA
/ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Cleanliness.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gʷeyh₃-, hygiène, ὑγιεινή (τέχνη)

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/
  • British English: /ˈhʌɪˌd͡ʒiːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hygienes (plural) hygienes (present, singular) hygiening (participle, present) hygiened (participle, past) hygiened (past)

Derived Forms

chronohygiene cyberhygiene hygienic hygienically hygienics hygienism hygienist hyperhygienist zoohygiene

Phrases

body hygiene kit feminine hygiene hygiene poverty hygiene theater mental hygiene occupational hygiene oral hygiene personal hygiene

Synonyms

hygienics

Questions

How do you pronounce hygiene?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/.
What does hygiene mean?
The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
Where does hygiene come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce hygiene

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