"hymen" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hymen.wav Forms: hymens [plural]
enPR: hī'mən Rhymes: -aɪmən Etymology: From Middle French hymen, from Late Latin hymēn, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*syuh₁-}}, {{bor|en|frm|hymen}} Middle French hymen, {{der|en|LL.|hymēn}} Late Latin hymēn, {{der|en|grc|ὑμήν||skin, membrane}} Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hymen (plural hymens)
  1. (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane Translations (membrane which occludes the vagina): غِشَاء اَلْبَكَارَة (ḡišāʔ al-bakāra) [masculine] (Arabic), غشاء البكارة (ḡešāʔ el-bakāra) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), կուսաթաղանթ (kusatʻaġantʻ) (Armenian), himen [masculine] (Asturian), qızlıq pərdəsi (Azerbaijani), dib [colloquial] (Azerbaijani), дзяво́цкая бало́на (dzjavóckaja balóna) [feminine] (Belarusian), дзяво́цкая плява́ (dzjavóckaja pljavá) [feminine] (Belarusian), пле́ўка дзяво́цтва (pljéŭka dzjavóctva) [feminine] (Belarusian), де́вствена ци́па (dévstvena cípa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), хи́мен (hímen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အပျိုမြှေး (a.pyuihmre:) (Burmese), ကညာမြှေး (ka.nyahmre:) (Burmese), himen [masculine] (Catalan), 處女膜 (Chinese Mandarin), 处女膜 (chǔnǚmó) (Chinese Mandarin), panenská blána [feminine] (Czech), hymen [masculine] (Czech), mødom [common-gender] (Danish), jomfruhinde [common-gender] (Danish), mødomshinde [common-gender] (Danish), hymen [common-gender] (Danish), maagdenvlies [neuter] (Dutch), hymen [neuter] (Dutch), himeno (Esperanto), hüümen (Estonian), neitsinahk (Estonian), immenkalvo (Finnish), hymen [masculine] (French), hime [masculine] (Galician), საქალწულე აპკი (sakalc̣ule aṗḳi) (Georgian), Hymen [masculine, neuter] (German), Jungfernhäutchen [neuter] (German), παρθενικός υμένας (parthenikós yménas) [masculine] (Greek), קְרוּם הַבְּתוּלִין (qrum habetulín) [masculine] (Hebrew), हैमेन (haimen) (Hindi), योनिच्छद (yonicchad) [masculine] (Hindi), सतीच्छद (satīcchad) [masculine] (Hindi), szűzhártya (Hungarian), meyjarhaft [neuter] (Icelandic), meydómsmerki [neuter] (Icelandic), himéin [feminine] (Irish), scannán óchta [masculine] (Irish), dlaoi [feminine] (Irish), imene [masculine] (Italian), 処女膜 (shojomaku) (alt: しょじょまく) (Japanese), សន្ទះព្រហ្មចារីយ៍ (sɑntĕəh prumcaarəy) (Khmer), 처녀막 (cheonyeomak) (alt: 處女膜) (Korean), jaunavības plēve [feminine] (Latvian), mergystės plėvė [feminine] (Lithuanian), химен (himen) [masculine] (Macedonian), moidynys [feminine] (Manx), katitohe (Maori), kiritapu (Maori), taupā (Maori), उल्वाओढणी (ulvāoḍhṇī) (Marathi), योनिअंबर (yoniambar) (Marathi), онгон хальс (ongon xalʹs) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), хи̑мен [Cyrillic, masculine] (Mongolian), perdeya keçinî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), jomfruhinne [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skjedekrans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hymen (Norwegian Bokmål), imèn [masculine] (Occitan), بكارت (bekâret) (Ottoman Turkish), بكر (bikr, bikir) (Ottoman Turkish), پرده بکارت (parde-ye bekârat) (Persian), błona dziewicza [feminine] (Polish), hímen [masculine] (Portuguese), himen [neuter] (Romanian), де́вственная плева́ (dévstvennaja plevá) [feminine] (Russian), гиме́н (gimén) [masculine] (Russian), maighdeannas [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), òigheachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), че̏дња̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), девичњак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čȅdnjāk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), devičnjak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hȋmen [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), panenská blana [feminine] (Slovak), deviška kožica [feminine] (Slovene), himen [masculine] (Slovene), himen [masculine] (Spanish), mödomshinna [common-gender] (Swedish), slidkrans [common-gender, neologism] (Swedish), lamad (Tagalog), пардаи бакорат (parda-yi bakorat) (Tajik), เยื่อพรหมจารี (yʉ̂ʉa-prom-má-jaa-rii) (Thai), kızlık zarı (Turkish), himen (Turkish), діво́ча пліва́ (divóča plivá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гі́мен (hímen) [masculine] (Ukrainian), màng trinh (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figurative) Marriage. Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hymenal, hymenate, hymenoplasty, hymenorrhaphy, hymenotomy, imperforate hymen

Inflected forms

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          "word": "կուսաթաղանթ"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "qızlıq pərdəsi"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dzjavóckaja balóna",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "дзяво́цкая бало́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dzjavóckaja pljavá",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дзяво́цкая плява́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pljéŭka dzjavóctva",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пле́ўка дзяво́цтва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dévstvena cípa",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́вствена ци́па"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hímen",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "хи́мен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.pyuihmre:",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "အပျိုမြှေး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ka.nyahmre:",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "ကညာမြှေး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "himen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "處女膜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chǔnǚmó",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "处女膜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "panenská blána"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "mødom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "jomfruhinde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "mødomshinde"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "maagdenvlies"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hymen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "himeno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "hüümen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "neitsinahk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "immenkalvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hymen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sakalc̣ule aṗḳi",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "საქალწულე აპკი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Hymen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Jungfernhäutchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parthenikós yménas",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "παρθενικός υμένας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "qrum habetulín",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קְרוּם הַבְּתוּלִין"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "haimen",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "हैमेन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "yonicchad",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "योनिच्छद"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "satīcchad",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सतीच्छद"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "word": "szűzhártya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "meyjarhaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "meydómsmerki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "himéin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scannán óchta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skjedekrans"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "hymen"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bekâret",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "بكارت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bikr, bikir",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "بكر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parde-ye bekârat",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "پرده بکارت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "błona dziewicza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hímen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "himen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévstvennaja plevá",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́вственная плева́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gimén",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гиме́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maighdeannas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "òigheachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "че̏дња̄к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "девичњак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čȅdnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "devičnjak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hȋmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panenská blana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deviška kožica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "himen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "himen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mödomshinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neologism"
      ],
      "word": "slidkrans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "lamad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "parda-yi bakorat",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "пардаи бакорат"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yʉ̂ʉa-prom-má-jaa-rii",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "เยื่อพรหมจารี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "kızlık zarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "himen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "divóča plivá",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "діво́ча пліва́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hímen",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гі́мен"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "membrane which occludes the vagina",
      "word": "màng trinh"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hymen"
  ],
  "word": "hymen"
}

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