Middle French

Noun

hyene f (plural hyenes)

1. hyena (animal)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕαινα ‎(húaina).

Noun

hyene m ‎(definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyener, definite plural hyenene)

1. a hyena or hyaena

References

• “hyene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕαινα ‎(húaina).

Noun

hyene m ‎(definite singular hyenen, indefinite plural hyenar, definite plural hyenane)

1. a hyena or hyaena

References

• “hyene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• hiene

Etymology

From Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα ‎(húaina, “hyena or hyaena”), from ὗς ‎(hûs, “pig or swine”) with -αινα ‎(-aina).

Noun

hyene f ‎(oblique plural hyenes, nominative singular hyene, nominative plural hyenes)

1. hyena (animal)
   • circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, lines 581-2:

     HYENE signefie, ne lerrai ne l' vus die,
     Hume aver cuveitus, ki est luxurius;