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hygiene

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • hī'jēn
  • hījēn'
  • /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/
  • /haɪˈd͡ʒiːn/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 JH IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Cleanliness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • They have poor personal hygiene.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hygienics

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

6

noun

Meaning 6

a condition promoting sanitary practices

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • personal hygiene

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sanitariness

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِلْم الصِّحَّة (ʕilm aṣ-ṣiḥḥa) — science of health
  • Arabic: عِلْم حِفْظ الصِّحَّة (ʕilm ḥifẓ aṣ-ṣiḥḥa) — science of health
  • Belarusian: саніта́рыя (sanitáryja) — science of health
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衛生學 /卫生学 (wèishēngxué) — science of health
  • Italian: igiene — science of health
  • Japanese: 衛生学 (eiseigaku) — science of health
  • Korean: 위생학 (wisaenghak) — science of health
  • Polish: higiena — science of health
  • Russian: гигие́на (gigijéna) — science of health
  • Thai: สุขศึกษา (sùk-kà-sʉ̀k-sǎa) — science of health
  • Turkish: hijyen — science of health
  • Turkish: sağlık bilgisi — science of health
  • Turkish: hıfzıssıhha — science of health
  • Afrikaans: higiëne — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Albanian: higjienë — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Arabic: نَظَافَة (naẓāfa) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Arabic: حِفْظ الصِّحَّة (ḥifẓ aṣ-ṣiḥḥa) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Armenian: հիգիենա (higiena) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Asturian: hixene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Azerbaijani: gigiyena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Belarusian: гігіе́на (hihijéna) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Bengali: স্বাস্থ্যবিধি (śastthobidhi) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Bengali: স্বাস্থ্যবিজ্ঞান (śastthobiggên) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Bulgarian: хигие́на (higiéna) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Catalan: higiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衛生 /卫生 (wèishēng) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Czech: hygiena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Danish: hygiejne — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Dutch: hygiëne — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Esperanto: higieno — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Estonian: hügieen — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Finnish: hygienia — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • French: hygiène — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Galician: hixiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Georgian: ჰიგიენა (higiena) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • German: Hygiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Greek: υγιεινή (ygieiní) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Gujarati: સ્વચ્છતા (svacchatā) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Hebrew: גֵהוּת (gehút) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Hebrew: הִיגְיֶנָה \ היגיינה (higyéna) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Hindi: स्वच्छता (svacchatā) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Hungarian: higiénia — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Icelandic: hreinlæti — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Indonesian: kebersihan — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Irish: sláinteachas — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Italian: igiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Italian: salubrità — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Japanese: 衛生 (eisei) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Kazakh: гигиена (gigiena) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Khmer: អនាម័យ (ʼaʼnaamay) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Korean: 위생 (wisaeng) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Northern Kurdish: hîjyen — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Kyrgyz: гигиена (gigiyena) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Lao: ອະນາໄມ (ʼa nā mai) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Latvian: higiēna — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Lithuanian: higiena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Macedonian: хигие́на (higiéna) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Malay: kebersihan — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Malay: higin — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Malayalam: ശുചി (śuci) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Malayalam: ശുചിതപരിപാലനം (śucitaparipālanaṁ) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Mauritian Creole: lizienn — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Mongolian: эрүүл ахуй (erüül axuj) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hygiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hygiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Occitan: igièna — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Pashto: حفظ الصحه (hefz ol-seha) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Persian: بهداشت (behdâšt) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Persian: حفظ الصحه (hefz ol-seha) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Polish: higiena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Portuguese: higiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Romanian: igienă — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Russian: гигие́на (gigijéna) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Serbo-Croatian: хигије́на — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Serbo-Croatian: higijéna — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Sinhalese: ස්වස්ථතාව (swasthatāwa) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Slovak: hygiena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Slovene: higiena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Spanish: higiene — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Swedish: hygien — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Tagalog: palalusugan — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Tajik: гигиена (gigiyena) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Tajik: беҳдошт (behdošt) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Tatar: гигиена (gigiyena) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Thai: สุขลักษณะ (sùk-lák-sà-nà) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Thai: อนามัย (à-naa-mai) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Turkish: hijyen — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Turkmen: gigiýena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Ukrainian: гігіє́на (hihijéna) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Urdu: حِفْظانِ صِحَت (hifzān-e sehat) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Uyghur: تازىلىق (taziliq) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Uzbek: gigiyena — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Vietnamese: vệ sinh — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Welsh: glanweithdra — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  • Yiddish: היגיענע (higyene) — conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
Real reading context

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