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Is hymen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hymen is a Scrabble US word. The word hymen is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

H4Y4M3E1N1

Is hymen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hymen is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

H4Y4M3E1N1

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Yes. The word hymen is a Words With Friends word. The word hymen is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

HYMEN,

4-letter words (2 found)

HYEN,HYMN,

3-letter words (10 found)

HEM,HEN,HEY,HYE,MEH,MEN,NYE,NYM,YEH,YEN,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,EM,EN,HE,HM,ME,MY,NE,NY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from hymen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hymen

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Definitions and meaning of hymen

hymen

Etymology

From French hymen, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hī'mən, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪmən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪmən

Noun

hymen (plural hymens)

  1. (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
    Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane
  2. (figurative) Marriage.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɪmɛn]
  • Hyphenation: hy‧men

Etymology 1

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

Noun

hymen m inan

  1. hymen
    Synonym: panenská blána
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hymen f

  1. genitive plural of hymna

Further reading

  • hymen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hymen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • hymen in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “hymen”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhy(ː)men/, [ˈhy(ː)me̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ymen
  • Syllabification(key): hy‧men

Noun

hymen (rare)

  1. (anatomy) hymen

Declension

Synonyms

  • immenkalvo

Further reading

  • “hymen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.mɛn/

Noun

hymen m (plural hymens)

  1. (anatomy) hymen
  2. marriage

Descendants

  • → English: hymen
  • → Romanian: himen
  • → Turkish: himen

Further reading

  • “hymen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hymēn, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɨ.mɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɨmɛn
  • Syllabification: hy‧men
  • Homophone: Hymen

Noun

hymen m inan

  1. (anatomy, literary) hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)
    Synonym: błona dziewicza

Declension

Further reading

  • hymen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hymen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • hymen in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦimen]

Noun

hymen m inan (genitive singular hymenu, nominative plural hymeny, genitive plural hymenov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. hymen
    Synonym: panenská blana f

Declension

Derived terms

  • hymenálny
  • hymenový

References

  • “hymen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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