Hymen

See also: hymen

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὑμήν (Humḗn, “Hymen”) or Ὑμέναιος (Huménaios, “Hymenaios”).

Proper noun

Hymen

1. (Greek mythology) The god of marriage and marriage ceremonies.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131:

     "By the saffron robe of Hymen," cried Lord Norbourne, "but that would be a blessing! I own that I am no great friend to marriage in general; [...] If a young man has his way to make in the world, a wife is a dead weight upon his hands.

Derived terms

• hymeneal

Translations

Greek god of marriage

• Czech: Hymen (cs) m
• Finnish: Hymen
• Polish: Hymen m
• Portuguese: Himeneu (pt) m
• Russian: Гимене́й (ru) f (Gimenéj)

See also

• hymen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪmɛn]

Proper noun

Hymen m anim

1. (Greek mythology) Hymen

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Hymen in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Hymen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hymen m or n (strong, genitive Hymens, plural Hymen)

1. hymen

   Synonym: Jungfernhäutchen

Declension

Declension of Hymen [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Hymen	die	Hymen
genitive	eines	des	Hymens	der	Hymen
dative	einem	dem	Hymen	den	Hymen
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Hymen	die	Hymen

Proper noun

Hymen m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hymens or Hymen)

1. Hymen (Greek god of marriage)

   Synonym: Hymenaios

Further reading

• “Hymen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Hymen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Hymen (Membran)” in Duden online
• “Hymen (Gott)” in Duden online
• “Hymen (Lied)” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hymēn, from Ancient Greek Ὑμήν (Humḗn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɨ.mɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɨmɛn
• Syllabification: Hy‧men
• Homophone: hymen

Proper noun

Hymen m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Hymen, Hymenaeus, Hymenaios (Greek god of marriage)

Declension

Declension of Hymen

	singular
nominative	Hymen
genitive	Hymena
dative	Hymenowi
accusative	Hymena
instrumental	Hymenem
locative	Hymenie
vocative	Hymenie

Further reading

• Hymen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Hymen in PWN's encyclopedia