different between hymen vs deflowering

English

Etymology

From French hymen, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???? (hum?n, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?'m?n, IPA^(key): /?ha?m?n/
• Rhymes: -a?m?n

Noun

hymen (plural hymens)

1. (anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.

   Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane

2. (figuratively) Marriage.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???m?n]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???? (hum?n, “skin, membrane”).

Noun

hymen m

1. hymen

Etymology 2

Noun

hymen

1. genitive plural of hymna

References

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek ???? (hum?n, “hymen”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hy(?)men/, [?hy(?)me?n]
• Rhymes: -ymen
• Syllabification: hy?men

Noun

hymen

1. (anatomy, rare) hymen

Declension

Synonyms

• immenkalvo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (hum?n, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.m?n/

Noun

hymen m (plural hymens)

1. (anatomy) hymen
2. marriage

Further reading

• “hymen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (hum?n, “skin, membrane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??imen]

Noun

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

1. hymen

Declension

Synonyms

• panenská blana f

Derived terms

• hymenálny
• hymenový

References

• hymen in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fla?(w)????(?)/

Verb

deflowering

1. present participle of deflower

Noun

deflowering (plural deflowerings)

1. The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
   • 2005 Muhammad Khalid Masud et al - Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and Their Judgements

     If a midwife testifies that the wound is old, then deflowering may have occurred prior to the husband's initial penetration of his wife.