hiena

== Basque == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish hiena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hiena/ [hi.e.na] IPA(key): (Southern) /iena/ [i.e.na] Rhymes: -ena, -a Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na === Noun === hiena anim hyena ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “hiena”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈje.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈje.na] === Noun === hiena f (plural hienes) hyena === Further reading === “hiena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Noun === hiena f (plural hienas) hyena == Italian == === Noun === hiena f (plural hiene) (obsolete) alternative spelling of iena == Kashubian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish hiena, a learned borrowing from Latin hyaena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxjɛ.na/ Rhymes: -ɛna Syllabification: hie‧na === Noun === hiena f hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae) === References === Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “hiena”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1] == Lithuanian == === Noun === hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2 hyena ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === hiena alternative form of hiene == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxjɛ.na/ Rhymes: -ɛna Syllabification: hie‧na === Noun === hiena f (related adjective hieni) hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae) (derogatory, figurative) blackguard, scoundrel (unprincipled, contemptible, and untrustworthy person) Synonym: łajdak ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: hiena === Further reading === hiena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN hiena in Polish dictionaries at PWN hiena in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na === Noun === hiena f (plural hienas) hyena ==== Usage notes ==== The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, hiena-macho for male and hiena-fêmea for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hiena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “hiena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hiˈena] === Noun === hiena f definite nominative/accusative singular of hienă == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ena Syllabification: hie‧na === Noun === hiena f (plural hienas) hyena ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hiena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025