Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Hyaena f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyaenidae – two species of hyena.

English

Noun

hyaena ‎(plural hyaenas or hyaenae)

1. Alternative spelling of hyena

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕαινα ‎(húaina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hyˈae̯.na/, [hʏˈae̯.na]

Noun

hyaena f ‎(genitive hyaenae); first declension

1. a hyena

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• belbus

References

• hyaena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hyaena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hyaena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.