hiena

See also: hienă, hiéna, hiëna, híena, and hieną

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hiena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hiena/ [hi.e.na]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /iena/ [i.e.na]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ena, -a
• Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na

Noun

hiena anim

1. hyena

Declension

Declension of hiena (anim a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	hiena	hiena	hienak	hienok
ergative	hienak	hienak	hienek	hienok
dative	hienari	hienari	hienei	hienoi
genitive	hienaren	hienaren	hienen	hienon
comitative	hienarekin	hienarekin	hienekin	hienokin
causative	hienarengatik	hienarengatik	hienengatik	hienongatik
benefactive	hienarentzat	hienarentzat	hienentzat	hienontzat
instrumental	hienaz	hienaz	hienez	hienotaz
innesive	hienarengan	hienarengan	hienengan	hienongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	hienarengana	hienarengana	hienengana	hienongana
terminative	hienarenganaino	hienarenganaino	hienenganaino	hienonganaino
directive	hienarenganantz	hienarenganantz	hienenganantz	hienonganantz
destinative	hienarenganako	hienarenganako	hienenganako	hienonganako
ablative	hienarengandik	hienarengandik	hienengandik	hienongandik
partitive	hienarik	—	—	—
prolative	hienatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “hiena”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈje.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈje.na]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

hiena f (plural hienes)

1. hyena

Further reading

• “hiena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)

1. hyena

Italian

Noun

hiena f (plural hiene)

1. (obsolete) alternative spelling of iena

Kashubian

hiena

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish hiena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxjɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: hie‧na

Noun

hiena f

1. hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae)

References

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “hiena”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Lithuanian

Noun

hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2

1. hyena

Declension

Declension of hienà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	hienà	hiènos
genitive (kilmininkas)	hiènos	hiènų
dative (naudininkas)	hiènai	hiènoms
accusative (galininkas)	hièną	hienàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	hienà	hiènomis
locative (vietininkas)	hiènoje	hiènose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	hièna	hiènos

Middle English

Noun

hiena

1. alternative form of hiene

Polish

hiena

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxjɛ.na/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: hie‧na

Noun

hiena f (related adjective hieni)

1. hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae)
2. (derogatory, figurative) blackguard, scoundrel (unprincipled, contemptible, and untrustworthy person)

   Synonym: łajdak

Declension

Declension of hiena

	singular	plural
nominative	hiena	hieny
genitive	hieny	hien
dative	hienie	hienom
accusative	hienę	hieny
instrumental	hieną	hienami
locative	hienie	hienach
vocative	hieno	hieny

Derived terms

nouns

• hiena cmentarna

Descendants

• → Kashubian: hiena

Further reading

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

Portuguese

hienas (Crocuta crocuta)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈjẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈjẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈje.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈje.nɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ
• Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na

Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)

1. hyena

Usage notes

The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “hiena-macho” for male, and “hiena-fêmea” for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

Derived terms

• hiena-caçadora
• hiena-castanha
• hiena-listrada
• hiena-marrom
• hiena-raiada
• hiena-riscada

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hiˈena]

Noun

hiena f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of hienă

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝena/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.na]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝena/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.na] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjena/ [ˈje.na] (Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: hie‧na

Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)

1. hyena

Derived terms

• hiena moteada

Further reading

• “hiena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024