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hygienist

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY2 G IY1 N IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH AY2 G EH1 N IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person skilled in hygienics, but especially a dental assistant who cleans teeth etc

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a medical specialist in hygiene

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hygiene Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hygienist From hygiene + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: higienista — person skilled in hygienics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保健專家 /保健专家 (bǎojiàn zhuānjiā) — person skilled in hygienics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衛生師 /卫生师 (wèishēngshī) — person skilled in hygienics
  • Czech: hygienik — person skilled in hygienics
  • Dutch: hygiënist — person skilled in hygienics
  • Finnish: hygieenikko — person skilled in hygienics
  • Finnish: hygienisti — person skilled in hygienics
  • French: hygiéniste — person skilled in hygienics
  • German: Hygieniker — person skilled in hygienics
  • German: Hygienikerin — person skilled in hygienics
  • German: Zahnhygieniker — person skilled in hygienics
  • German: Zahnhygienikerin — person skilled in hygienics
  • Italian: igienista — person skilled in hygienics
  • Kazakh: гигиенашы (gigienaşy) — person skilled in hygienics
  • Polish: higienista — person skilled in hygienics
  • Polish: higienistka — person skilled in hygienics
  • Spanish: higienista — person skilled in hygienics