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hiena

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

Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iena/, [i.e̞.na]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hiena/, [ɦi.e̞.na]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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hiena anim

  1. hyena

Declension

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiena f (plural hienes)

  1. hyena

Further reading

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Galician

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Noun

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hiena f (plural hienas)

  1. hyena

Italian

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Noun

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hiena f (plural hiene)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iena

Kashubian

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hiena

Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish hiena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hiena f

  1. hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae)

References

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

Lithuanian

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Noun

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hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2

  1. hyena

Declension

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Middle English

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Noun

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hiena

  1. Alternative form of hiene

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
hiena

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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nouns

Descendants

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  • Kashubian: hiena

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
hienas (Crocuta crocuta)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiena f (plural hienas)

  1. hyena

Usage notes

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  • The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “hiena-macho” for male, and “hiena-fêmea” for female.

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiena f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of hienă

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hiena f (plural hienas)

  1. hyena

Derived terms

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Further reading

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