hímen
See also: himen
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈĩ.mẽj̃/ [ˈĩ.mẽɪ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈi.mẽj̃/ [ˈi.mẽɪ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈi.mɛn/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -imɛn
- Hyphenation: hí‧men
Noun
hímen m (plural (Brazil) hímens or (Portugal) hímenes)
- hymen (membrane which occludes the vagina)
Related terms
- himenectomia
- himeneu
- Himeneu
- himenite
- himenotomia
Further reading
- “hímen”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “hímen”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026