hygiene
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (t��khnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes)
- The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
- Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
- Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.
- Cleanliness.
- They have poor personal hygiene.
- (computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]science of health
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conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
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Further reading
[edit]- “hygiene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hygiene”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
[edit]- ^ “hygiene”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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