hímen

See also: himen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.mẽj̃/ [ˈĩ.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.mẽj̃/ [ˈĩ.mẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.mẽj̃/ [ˈi.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.mɛn/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -imɛn
• Hyphenation: hí‧men

Noun

hímen m (plural (Brazil) hímens or (Portugal) hímenes)

1. hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)

Related terms

• himenectomia
• himeneu
• Himeneu
• himenite
• himenotomia

Further reading

• “hímen”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hímen”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026