hygiène
French, noun/i.ʒjɛn/
hygiène is spelled H-Y-G-I-È-N-E (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hygiène is a French feminine noun meaning “hygiene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie de la médecine qui traite de la manière de conserver la santé”.
What does hygiène mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehygiene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie de la médecine qui traite de la manière de conserver la santé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hygiène
- hygiènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hygiène?
- /i.ʒjɛn/
- \i.ʒjɛn\
- [l‿i.ʒjɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hygiène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hygiène in French?
hygiène appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).