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) [ˈi.mən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈi.men]

himen m (plural hímens)

1. hymen

• “himen”, 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
• “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/ [ˈi.mẽŋ]
• 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling хи̑мен)

1. hymen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈimen/ [ˈi.mẽn]
• 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], 10 December 2024

hi- +‎ men

himen (nominative plural himens)

1. male human (man or boy)

• men

• pul, hicil
• man

• jimen