hyena

Other forms of hyena

plural

hyenas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyena

What does hyena mean?

hyena means "doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion".

How many syllables are in hyena?

hyena has 3 syllables: hy-e-na. The stress falls on "e". In IPA it is /haɪˈinə/.

What is another word for hyena?

Close synonyms include hyaena. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyena a common word?

hyena is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hyena?

4 words rhyme with hyena. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.