Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyen

/ˈhaɪən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hyen
IPA: /ˈhaɪən/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I will laugh like a hyen."
"Their blind feet drift in the darkness, and no one is leading; Their toil is the pasture, where hyens and harpies are feeding"

Etymology

From French hyène.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: hyène

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

hyens (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce hyen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪən/.
What does hyen mean?: A hyena.
Where does hyen come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce hyen

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