hymen

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From Latin Hymēn, from Ancient Greek Ῡ̔μήν (Hūmḗn).

From Middle French hymen, from Late Latin hymēn, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin; membrane”).

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: Hymen — Greek god of marriage
• Finnish: Hymen — Greek god of marriage
• Polish: Hymen — Greek god of marriage
• Portuguese: Himeneu — Greek god of marriage
• Russian: Гимене́й (Gimenéj) — Greek god of marriage
• Arabic: غِشَاء اَلْبَكَارَة (ḡišāʔ al-bakāra) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Arabic: غشاء البكارة (ḡešāʔ el-bakāra) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Armenian: կուսաթաղանթ (kusatʻaġantʻ) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Asturian: himen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Azerbaijani: qızlıq pərdəsi — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Azerbaijani: dib — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Belarusian: дзяво́цкая бало́на (dzjavóckaja balóna) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Belarusian: дзяво́цкая плява́ (dzjavóckaja pljavá) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Belarusian: пле́ўка дзяво́цтва (pljéwka dzjavóctva) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Bulgarian: де́вствена ци́па (dévstvena cípa) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Bulgarian: хи́мен (hímen) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Burmese: အပျိုမြှေး (a.pyuihmre:) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Burmese: ကညာမြှေး (ka.nyahmre:) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Catalan: himen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Chinese Mandarin: 處女膜 /处女膜 (chǔnǚmó) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰道前膜 /阴道前膜 (yīndào qiánmò) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰道瓣 /阴道瓣 (yīndào bàn) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰道冠 /阴道冠 (yīndào guān) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Czech: panenská blána — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Czech: hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Danish: mødom — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Danish: jomfruhinde — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Danish: mødomshinde — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Danish: hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Dutch: maagdenvlies — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Dutch: hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Esperanto: himeno — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Estonian: hüümen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Estonian: neitsinahk — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Faroese: moyhinna — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Faroese: moydómur — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Faroese: moydómshinna — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Faroese: jomfrúhinna — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Finnish: immenkalvo — membrane which occludes the vagina
• French: hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Galician: hime — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Georgian: საქალწულე აპკი (sakalc̣ule aṗḳi) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• German: Hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• German: Jungfernhäutchen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Greek: παρθενικός υμένας (parthenikós yménas) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Hebrew: קְרוּם הַבְּתוּלִין (qrum habetulín) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Hindi: हैमेन (haimen) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Hindi: योनिच्छद (yonicchad) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Hindi: सतीच्छद (satīcchad) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Hungarian: szűzhártya — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Icelandic: meyjarhaft — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Icelandic: meydómsmerki — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Irish: himéin — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Irish: scannán óchta — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Irish: dlaoi — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Italian: imene — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Japanese: 処女膜 (shojomaku) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Khmer: សន្ទះព្រហ្មចារីយ៍ (sɑntĕəh prumcaarəy) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Korean: 처녀막 (cheonyeomak) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Korean: 질입구주름 (jiripgujureum) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Northern Kurdish: perdeya keçinî — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Latvian: jaunavības plēve — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Lithuanian: mergystės plėvė — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Macedonian: химен (himen) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Manx: moidynys — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Māori: katitohe — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Māori: kiritapu — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Māori: taupā — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Marathi: उल्वाओढणी (ulvāoḍhṇī) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Marathi: योनिअंबर (yoniambar) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Mongolian: онгон хальс (ongon xalʹs) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Norwegian Bokmål: jomfruhinne — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjedekrans — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Norwegian Bokmål: hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Occitan: imèn — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Persian: پرده بکارت (parde-ye bekârat) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Polish: błona dziewicza — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Polish: hymen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Portuguese: hímen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Romanian: himen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Russian: де́вственная плева́ (dévstvennaja plevá) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Russian: гиме́н (gimén) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Scottish Gaelic: maighdeannas — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Scottish Gaelic: òigheachd — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Serbo-Croatian: че̏дња̄к — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Serbo-Croatian: девичњак — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Serbo-Croatian: хи̑мен — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Serbo-Croatian: čȅdnjāk — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Serbo-Croatian: devičnjak — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Serbo-Croatian: hȋmen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Slovak: panenská blana — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Slovene: deviška kožica — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Slovene: himen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Spanish: himen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Swahili: kizinda — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Swedish: mödomshinna — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Swedish: slidkrans — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Tagalog: lamad — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Tajik: пардаи бакорат (parda-yi bakorat) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Thai: เยื่อพรหมจารี (yʉ̂ʉa-prom-má-jaa-rii) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Turkish: kızlık zarı — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Turkish: himen — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Ottoman Turkish: بكارت (bekâret) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Ottoman Turkish: بكر (bikr, bikir) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Ukrainian: діво́ча пліва́ (divóča plivá) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Ukrainian: гі́мен (hímen) — membrane which occludes the vagina
• Vietnamese: màng trinh — membrane which occludes the vagina