hygienic
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hygienic
- /haɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/
- /haɪˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
- /hʌɪd͡ʒɪˈɛnɪk/
Rhymes with -iːnɪk, -ɛnɪk
Where it comes from
From French hygiénique. Displaced earlier hygienal.
adjective more hygienic · most hygienic
- Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.
- Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers. Of course, anyone with a Scheme background is probably howling at this point because they have a hygienic macro system that makes unintended variable capture impossible. Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojure's macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic sys
Opposite: unhygienic, dyshygienic
Thesaurus
adjective
Opposite: unhygienic, dyshygienic
Translations
Every language
adj pertaining to hygiene
| Español | higiénico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 衛生的 eiseiteki |
| 中文 | 衛生 /卫生 wèishēng |
| Français | hygiénique |
| Deutsch | hygienisch |
| Italiano | igienico |
| Ελληνικά | υγιεινός ygieinós |
| Română | igienic |
| Русский | гигиени́ческий gigijeníčeskij |
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title = {hygienic},
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