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English

Alternative forms

• hyaena; hyæna (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English hiena, from Medieval Latin hy?na, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ????? (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgen?e (literally "night walker").

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?-??n?, IPA^(key): /ha??i?n?/

Noun

hyena (plural hyenas or hyena or hyenae)

1. Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
   • 2003, Anne Engh, Kay E. Holekamp, Case Study 5A: Maternal Rank "Inheritance" in the Spotted Hyena, Frans B. M. De Waal, Peter L Tyack (editors), Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies, page 149,

     Hyena biologists often think of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) as baboons with big teeth and relatively small brains.

2. (Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.
   • see Citations:hyena

Usage notes

The hyena family, Hyaenidae, also includes the smaller insectivorous aardwolf, the sole survivor of a lineage regarded as more dog-like.

Derived terms

• brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea)
• laughing hyena (= spotted hyena)
• spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
• striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)

Translations

See also

• aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)

Anagrams

• Haney, Hayne

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???j?na]

Noun

hyena f

1. hyena (large carnivore)

Declension

Related terms

• hyenismus
• hyení

Further reading

• hyena in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• hyena in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ????? (húaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?je?na?/
• Hyphenation: hy?e?na

Noun

hyena f (plural hyena's, diminutive hyenaatje n)

1. hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae

Derived terms

• bruine hyena
• gestreepte hyena
• gevlekte hyena
• hyenahond

Italian

Noun

hyena f (plural hyene)

1. Obsolete spelling of iena

Swedish

Noun

hyena c

1. a hyena

Declension

See also

• hund
• hynda

English

Etymology

French hyène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha??n/

Noun

hyen (plural hyens)

1. (obsolete) A hyena.

Anagrams

• Heyn

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?gian, from Proto-Germanic *h?g?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hi??n/, /?h?i??n/

Verb

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

1. to hie (travel at great speed or with great haste)
2. to do with haste or speedily; to do when needed
3. to do with care or fervour; to make a earnest attempt
4. to make fast; to hurry or expedite someone (including oneself)
5. (figuratively) to disappear; to pass away

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• hy, hye, hy?, hy?e, hy?en, hy?ye, hy?hen, hygh, hyghe, hyghen, heye, he, he?e, he?en, hey?, hey?e, hey?en, heygh, hien, hi, hie, hi?, hi?e, hi?en, hi?ie, hi?hen, high, highe, highen, heie, hei?, hei?e, hei?en, heigh, hihe, hihen, hihi, hihin, hih?en, hee?en

Derived terms

• hye

Descendants

• English: hie
• Scots: hie

References

• “h?en, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

hyen (plural hyenen)

1. Alternative form of hyne (“household”)

Etymology 3

Adverb

hyen

1. Alternative form of henne (“hence”)

Etymology 4

Verb

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hýði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²?hy???n/

  Rhymes: -???n, -?n

Noun

hyen n (definite hyene, dative hyenen)

1. (botany) film between shell and kernel