Polyglot Dictionary

higiene

/iˈʒjeni/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as higienes

Meaning

  1. hygiene

    • Cuide da higiene.

      Look after hygiene.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Hygiene

Hygiene is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hygiene."

Spanish

higiene

higiene is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hygiene."

Practice

1 What does higiene mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cuide da ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches higiene?

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