# hiena
## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hiena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hiena/ [hi.e.na]
* IPA: (Southern) /iena/ [i.e.na]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ena, -a
* Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na

### Noun

hiena anim
* hyena

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “hiena”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈje.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈje.na]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hiena f (plural hienes)
* hyena

### Further reading

* “hiena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)
* hyena

## Italian
### Noun

hiena f (plural hiene)
* (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iena

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish hiena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxjɛ.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛna
* Syllabification: hie‧na

### Noun

hiena f
* hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae)

### References

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “hiena”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Lithuanian
### Noun

hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2
* hyena

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Noun

hiena
* Alternative form of hiene

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxjɛ.na/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛna
* Syllabification: hie‧na

### Noun

hiena f (related adjective hieni)
* hyena (any carnivore of the subfamily Hyaenidae)
* (derogatory, figurative) blackguard, scoundrel (unprincipled, contemptible, and untrustworthy person)
    Synonym: łajdak

#### Derived terms

* hiena cmentarna

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: hiena

### Further reading

* hiena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hiena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* hiena in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈjẽ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈjẽ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈje.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈje.nɐ/
* Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ
* Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na

### Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)
* hyena

#### Usage notes

* The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “hiena-macho” for male, and “hiena-fêmea” for female.

#### Derived terms

* hiena-caçadora
* hiena-castanha
* hiena-listrada
* hiena-marrom
* hiena-raiada
* hiena-riscada

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hiˈena]

### Noun

hiena f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of hienă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝena/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.na]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝena/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.na]
* IPA: (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjena/ [ˈje.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: hie‧na

### Noun

hiena f (plural hienas)
* hyena

#### Derived terms

* hiena moteada

### Further reading

* “hiena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10