hyena

== English == === Alternative forms === hyaena, hyæna (dated) hyen (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”). === Pronunciation === enPR: hī-ēʹnə, IPA(key): /haɪˈiːnə/ === Noun === hyena (plural hyenas or hyena or hyenae) Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited. (Subsaharan 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. ==== Synonyms ==== hyaenid ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) === Anagrams === Haney, Hayne == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɪjɛna] === Noun === hyena f hyena (large carnivore) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “hyena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “hyena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦiˈjeːnaː/ Hyphenation: hy‧e‧na === Noun === hyena f (plural hyena's, diminutive hyenaatje n) hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae ==== Derived terms ==== bruine hyena gestreepte hyena gevlekte hyena hyenahond == Italian == === Noun === hyena f (plural hyene) (obsolete) alternative spelling of iena == Swedish == === Noun === hyena c hyena ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== hund hynda === References === hyena in Svensk ordbok (SO) hyena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hyena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)