himen

See also: hímen

Asturian

Noun

himen m (plural hímenes)

1. (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

himen m (plural hímens)

1. hymen

Further reading

• “himen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “himen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimeŋ/ [ˈi.mẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -imeŋ
• Hyphenation: hi‧men

Noun

himen m (plural himens)

1. (anatomy) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hymen, from Latin hymen.

Noun

himen n (plural himene)

1. hymen

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	himen	himenul		himene	himenele
genitive-dative	himen	himenului		himene	himenelor
vocative	himenule			himenelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xîːmen/
• Hyphenation: hi‧men

Noun

hȋmen m (Cyrillic spelling хи̑мен)

1. hymen

Declension

Declension of himen

	singular	plural
nominative	himen	himeni
genitive	himena	himena
dative	himenu	himenima
accusative	himen	himene
vocative	himene	himeni
locative	himenu	himenima
instrumental	himenom	himenima

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimen/ [ˈi.mẽn]
• Rhymes: -imen
• Syllabification: hi‧men

Noun

himen m (plural hímenes)

1. hymen

   Synonym: virgo

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

Volapük

Etymology

hi- +‎ men

Noun

himen (nominative plural himens)

1. male human (man or boy)

Declension

declension of himen

	singular	plural
nominative	himen	himens
genitive	himena	himenas
dative	himene	himenes
accusative	himeni	himenis
vocative 1	o himen!	o himens!
predicative 2	himenu	himenus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• men

Hyponyms

• pul, hicil
• man

Coordinate terms

• jimen