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Meaning of hygiene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn

Definitions

  1. The science of health, its promotion and preservation
  2. The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
  4. (the rules or science of) cleanliness whose aim is to preserve health and prevent the spread of disease. higiëne, gesondheidsleer عِلْم الصِّحَّه хигиена higiene hygiena die Hygiene hygiejne υγιεινήhigiene tervishoid بهداشت hygienia hygiène היגיינה, גהות स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान higijena higiénia higiene heilsufræði; hollustuhættir; hreinlæti igiene 衛生 위생학 higiena higiēna kebersihan hygiënehygiene, helselærehigiena روغتیا higiene igienă гигиена hygiena higiena higijena hygien สุขลักษณะ hijyen, sağlı...
  5. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
    countable, uncountable
  6. Cleanliness
  7. (negative unhygienic) free from germs or dirt. Hygienic conditions are essential in a hospital. higiënies صِحّي، واقٍ للصِّحَّه хигиеничен higiênico hygienický hygienisch hygiejnisk υγιεινόςhigiénico tervishoiu- بهداشتی hygieeninen hygiénique הִיגייֶנִי स्वास्थ्यकर higijenski higiénikus higienis heilsusamlegur; þrifalegur igienico 衛生的な 위생적인 higienos, higieniškas higiēnisks bersih hygiënischhygieniskhigieniczny روغتیایی higiénico igienic гигиенический hygienický higienski higijenski hygienisk ...
    negative
  8. Cleanliness.
    countable, uncountable
  9. The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers
  10. higiënies بِصورة صِحِّيَّه хигиенично higienicamente hygienicky hygienisch hygiejniskt υγιεινά higiénicamente hügieeniliselt بطور بهداشتی hygieenisesti hygiéniquement בְּצוּרָה הִיגייֶנִית स्वास्थ्य विज्ञानी higijensko higiénikusan secara higienis heilsusamlega igienicamente 衛生的に 위생적으로 higieniškai higiēniski dengan bersih hygiënischhygienisk higienicznie د روغتیایی په ډول higienicamente (în mod) igie­nic гигиенично hygienicky higiensko higijenski hygieniskt อย่างมีอนามัย sağlık kurallarına uy...
  11. The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
    countable, slang, uncountable
  12. higiene, estudio de la salud y la conservación de un cuerpo sano;mental ___ → ___ mental;
  13. The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health. Also called hygienics.
    hygienics
  14. Conditions and practices that serve to promote or preserve health: hygiene in the workplace; personal hygiene.
  15. (Medicine) Also called: hygienics the science concerned with the maintenance of health
  16. (Medicine) clean or healthy practices or thinking: personal hygiene.
  17. the application of scientific knowledge to the preservation of health and prevention of the spread of disease.
  18. a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca gigiyena
Беларуская гігіе́на санітарыя
Català higiene
Čeština hygiena
Cymraeg glanweithdra
Dansk hygiejne
Deutsch Hygiene
Ελληνικά υγιεινή
Esperanto higieno
Español higiene
فارسی بهداشت
Français hygiène
Magyar higiénia
Հայերեն հիգիենա
Bahasa Indonesia kebersihan
Íslenska hreinlæti
Italiano igiene salubrità
日本語 保健 衛生 衛生学
ქართული ჰიგიენა
Қазақша гигиена
ខ្មែរ អនាម័យ
한국어 위생 위생학
Kurdî hîjyen
ລາວ ອະນາໄມ
Македонски хигиена
മലയാളം ശുചി
Bahasa Melayu kebersihan
Nederlands hygiëne
Polski higiena
Português higiene
Română igienă
Русский гигиена
Shqip higjienë
Српски higijena хигијена
Svenska hygien
Українська гігієна
Oʻzbekcha gigiyena
Tiếng Việt vệ sinh

Examples

“Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.”
“They have poor personal hygiene.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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