hyene

== Middle English == === Noun === hyene alternative form of hiene == Middle French == === Noun === hyene f (plural hyenes) hyena (animal) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Noun === hyene m (definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyener, definite plural hyenene) a hyena or hyaena === References === “hyene” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). === Noun === hyene m (definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyenar, definite plural hyenane) a hyena or hyaena === References === “hyene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Alternative forms === hiene === Etymology === From Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina, “hyena or hyaena”), from ὗς (hûs, “pig or swine”) with -αινα (-aina). === Noun === hyene oblique singular, f (oblique plural hyenes, nominative singular hyene, nominative plural hyenes) hyena (animal)