hygienic
pronunciation
How to pronounce hygienic in British English:
UK [haɪˈdʒi:nɪk]
How to pronounce hygienic in American English:
US [ˌhaɪdʒiˈɛnɪk, haɪˈdʒɛn-, -ˈdʒinɪk]
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- Adjective:
- tending to promote or preserve health
Word Origin
- hygienic (adj.)
- 1833, from French hygiénique, from hygiène; see hygiene. The earlier adjective was hygienal (1660s).
Example
- 1. The law recognizes the state 's responsibility forproviding modern and hygienic working conditions .
- 2. The best to hope for is that your lodgings are clean and hygienic .
- 3. In the approach to the olympic games in beijing in august 2008 , the leadership 's efforts to create an image of a safe and hygienic china led to the suppression of news about a widespread contamination of milk products with melamine , a chemical that can be toxic .
- 4. Which chopping board is more hygienic : a wooden one or a plastic one ?
- 5. Nano-materials would allow seats to clean themselves , a system more hygienic than employing cleaning crews -- and far cheaper .