hygiene

Questions about hygiene

What does hygiene mean?

hygiene means "a condition promoting sanitary practices". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hygiene?

hygiene has 2 syllables: hy-giene. The stress falls on "hy". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪˌdʒin/.

What is another word for hygiene?

Close synonyms include hygienics. 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 hygiene a common word?

hygiene 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 hygiene?

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