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Definition: Hymen |
HymenNoun1. (Greek mythology) the god of marriage. 2. A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Hymen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Hymen God of marriage, a sort of overgrown Cupid. His symbols are a bridal-torch and veil in his hand. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | English (cherry ). (references) |
Slang | Cherry. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The hymen (or maidenhead) is a vaginal membrane present in human females, which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "membrane". Because sexual activity would usually puncture this membrane, its presence has been considered a guarantor of virginity in societies that place a high value on female chastity before marriage.Nonetheless, the hymen is often lost during childhood in the course of normal physical activities such as bike riding, gymnastics, or sometimes falling down the wrong way; it is also possible for the hymen to break while using tampons. Some women can engage in sexual intercourse without the hymen breaking; some are born with no hymen at all, others with closed hymens that require a medical procedure to allow menstruation, while others have overly thick hymens that may require a gynecologist to break the hymen to prevent pain for the woman during sex. For these and many other reasons, the hymen should not be used as iron clad evidence for or against one's chastity or virginity.
Sometimes a woman has the hymen surgically restored in order to feign virginity.
Hymen is also an alternate name for the Greek goddess Hymenaios.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hymen."
Synonyms: HymenSynonyms: maidenhead (n), virginal membrane (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marriage | Torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon. |
Match; betrothment; (promise); wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar; Verb: nuptial benediction, epithalamium; sealing. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hymen |
| English words defined with "Hymen": haematocolpos, hematocolpos ♦ imperforate hymen, intact, inviolate ♦ Virginal membrane. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Hymen": Crowns ♦ YOUNG. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Hymen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (hymen), French (hymen, Maidenhead), German (hymen, Maidenhead), Latin (claustrum virginale, hymen), Swedish (hymen). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Vases of Hymen (1914) | |
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| "Hymen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hymen" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Hymen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hymen | Last name | 100 | 71,782 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Hymen": imperforate hymen ♦ temple of Hymen. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hymen | 2,227 | hymen virginity | 20 |
hymen picture | 286 | hymen pussy | 19 |
hymen defloration | 183 | hymen young | 18 |
virgin hymen | 153 | free hymen pic | 18 |
photo hymen | 149 | bleeding hymen | 16 |
hymen pic | 127 | hymen image | 15 |
hymen sex | 117 | virgin hymen picture | 15 |
breaking hymen | 55 | hymen penetration virgin | 15 |
broken hymen | 55 | hymen repair | 15 |
hymen teen | 54 | hymen reconstruction | 14 |
hymen papa | 52 | break her hymen | 12 |
hymen restoration | 44 | free hymen | 12 |
20 20 hymen lynn restoration sherr virginity | 40 | free hymen picture | 11 |
break hymen | 38 | hymen surgery | 11 |
imperforate hymen | 34 | blood hymen | 11 |
girl hymen | 33 | hymen medical picture | 11 |
hymen intact | 31 | defloration hymen picture | 11 |
female hymen | 29 | hymen photo virgin | 10 |
hymen vagina | 28 | child hymen | 10 |
hymen sexy | 24 | broken hymen pitcures | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Hymen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | perëndi i martesës, cipë e virgjërisë. (various references) | |
Arabic | هيمان إله الزواج عند اليونان, قران (marriage, matrimony, wedding), غشاء البكارة, زفاف (bridal, espousal, marriage, nuptial, nuptials, wedding). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | химен, обвивка на пъпка, женитба (contract, espousal, marriage, match, union), брак (dross, loss, marriage, match, matrimony, scraps, union, wastage, waste, waster, wedlock, write off), девствена ципа. (various references) | |
Czech | hymen. (various references) | |
Danish | hymen (claustrum virginale), moedom (claustrum virginale). (various references) | |
Dutch | hymen (claustrum virginale), membrana virginalis (claustrum virginale), maagdenvlies (claustrum virginale), claustrum virginale (claustrum virginale). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرده بکارت , سرودعروسی , ازدواج (Marriage, Match, Matrimony), دخترگی . (various references) | |
French | hymen. (various references) | |
German | jungfernhäutchen (Maidenhead). (various references) | |
Greek | παρθενικός υμένας (claustrum virginale), υμένασ (membrane), υμέναιοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | קרום "בתולים, בתולים (chastity, maidenhood, virginity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nász (nuptials). (various references) | |
Indonesian | selaput dara. (various references) | |
Italian | valvola vaginale (claustrum virginale), membrana virginale (claustrum virginale), imene, claustrum virginale (claustrum virginale). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | パ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "pu", heal, heap, hear, hearing, heat, heat pipe, heat pump, heater, heel, heel out, hero, hero package, interview, listening comprehension, public hearing), 処女膜 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | 'ーメン , しょじょまく. (various references) | |
Manx | moidynys (maidenhood, virginity), dollane (maidenhead). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ymenhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hmen, hímen (maidenhead), membrana vaginal (claustrum virginale). (various references) | |
Romanian | himen (Maidenhead). (various references) | |
Russian | гименей, девственная плева (maidenhead). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | himen (maidenhead), opnica koja opkoljava pupoljak cveta, devičnjak. (various references) | |
Spanish | himen (Maidenhead). (various references) | |
Swedish | mödomshinna (cherry, Maidenhead). (various references) | |
Thai | เยื่อพรหมจารี. (various references) | |
Turkish | kızlık zarı (cherry, virginal membrane), evlilik tanrısı (hymenaios), evlilik (conjugal, connubial, marital, marriage, matrimony, nuptial, spousal, union, wedlock), evlenme (double harness, espousal, marital, marriage, match, matrimony, nuptial, sponsal, spousal, spousals). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гімен, дівоча пліва. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | hymen, hymenaios. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hymen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Hymen": hymenal, hymeneal, hymeneally, hymeneals, hymenia, hymenial, hymenium, hymeniums, hymenoptera, hymenopteran, hymenopterans, hymenopteron, hymenopterons, hymenopterous, hymens. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Hymen": tetrahymena, tetrahymenas. (additional references) | |
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"Hymen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Haymann, Haymon, Hemene, Heymer, himan, himen, hinin, Hizen, hmen, Homen, humen, hummen, Hyden, hylen, Hymac, hyman, hyme, hymne, hynee, hynmen, hypen, khymer, lymen, Tymen, Whyman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Hymen" (pronounced hī"mun) |
| 4 | -ī" m u n | Liman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-m-n-y" | |
-1 letter: hymn. | |
-2 letters: hem, hen, hey, men, yeh, yen. | |
-3 letters: eh, em, en, he, hm, me, my, ne, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-m-n-y" | |
+1 letter: hymens, hymned. | |
+2 letters: chimney, hymenal, hymenia, mynheer, nymphae, nymphet, thymine. | |
+3 letters: chimneys, handymen, hegemony, hegumeny, hogmenay, homogeny, humanely, hymeneal, hymenial, hymenium, hymnless, hymnlike, mynheers, nymphean, nymphets, theonomy, thymines, unrhymed, yachtmen. | |
+4 letters: archenemy, berhyming, cymophane, endolymph, enthymeme, hemolysin, heteronym, hogmenays, homeyness, honeycomb, honeymoon, hymeneals, hymeniums, hymnaries, hymnodies, machinery, methylene, monorhyme, nymphette, shantymen, thymidine, yachtsmen, yohimbine. | |
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