hymen
French, noun/i.mɛn/
hymen is spelled H-Y-M-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hymen is a French masculine noun meaning “hymen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membrane qui obstrue partiellement le vagin des nouveau-nés de sexe féminin”.
What does hymen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehymen
- 2
masculinemarriage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membrane qui obstrue partiellement le vagin des nouveau-nés de sexe féminin. 2. Pellicule de la corolle d’une fleur.
noun: 1. Mariage, union conjugale.
noun: 1. Chant nuptial.
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 hymen
- hymens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hymen?
- /i.mɛn/
- \i.mɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hymen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hymen in French?
hymen appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).