higiene

From Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (hugieinḗ).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.ʒiˈe.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.d͡ʒiˈe.ne]
• Rhymes: -ene
• Hyphenation: hi‧gi‧e‧ne

higiene f (uncountable)

1. hygiene

• higiènic
• higienista
• higienitzar

• “higiene”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “higiene” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “higiene” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Dutch hygiëne (“hygiene”), 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”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /hiɡiˈenə/ [hi.ɡiˈe.nə]
• Rhymes: -enə
• Syllabification: hi‧gi‧e‧ne

higiene (plural higiene-higiene)

1. hygiene:
   1. the science of health, its promotion and preservation
   2. those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
   3. cleanliness

• “higiene” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιαίνω (hugiaínō, “be healthy, sound”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).

• Hyphenation: hi‧gi‧e‧ne

higiene f (plural higienes)

1. hygiene (conditions and practices that promote and preserve health)

Borrowed from French hygiène, ultimately based on Ancient Greek ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈxjene/ [iˈxje.ne]
• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: hi‧gie‧ne

higiene f (plural higienes)

1. hygiene

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