hiene
See also: Hiene
Middle English
Alternative forms
- heyene, hiena, hyane, hyene, iana
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Some forms are rebuilt on the Latin etymon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːˈɛːn(ə)/, /iːˈaːn(ə)/, /-na/
Noun
hiene (plural hienes)
- hyena
Descendants
- ⇒ English: hyena
References
- “hiēne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.