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Meaning of "feminine hygiene" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMININE HYGIENE

feminine hygiene  [ˈfɛmɪnɪn ˈhaɪdʒiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMININE HYGIENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feminine hygiene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEMININE HYGIENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feminine hygiene

Feminine hygiene is a general euphemism used to describe personal care products used by women during menstruation, vaginal discharge, and other bodily functions related to the vulva. Sanitary napkins / Sanitary towels, pantiliners, tampons, menstrual cups, and feminine wipes are the major categories of feminine hygiene products. In the 1930s, the term was used in the United States to refer instead to birth control.

Definition of feminine hygiene in the English dictionary

The definition of feminine hygiene in the dictionary is hygiene relating to specifically female aspects of the body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEMININE HYGIENE


agene
ˈeɪdʒiːn
antigene
ˈæntɪˌdʒiːn
asparagine
əˈspærəˌdʒiːn
baregine
ˈbærɪdʒiːn
gene
dʒiːn
hygiene
ˈhaɪdʒiːn
indigene
ˈɪndɪˌdʒiːn
ingine
ɪnˈdʒiːn
jean
dʒiːn
jin
dʒiːn
Neogene
ˈniːəˌdʒiːn
oncogene
ˈɒŋkəʊˌdʒiːn
Palaeogene
ˈpælɪəˌdʒiːn
paleogene
ˈpælɪəʊˌdʒiːn
pathogene
ˈpæθəˌdʒiːn
phosgene
ˈfɒzdʒiːn
sagene
səˈdʒiːn
strigine
ˈstrɪdʒiːn
supergene
ˈsuːpərˌdʒiːn
transgene
ˈtrænzˌdʒiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMININE HYGIENE

feminality
feminazi
femineity
feminie
feminility
feminine
feminine ending
feminine rhyme
femininely
feminineness
femininism
femininity
feminisation
feminise
feminism
feminist
feministic
feminity
feminization
feminize

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMININE HYGIENE

butadiene
cyclodiene
cyclopentadiene
dental hygiene
diene
industrial hygiene
leukotriene
methylbuta-1,3-diene
oral hygiene
personal hygiene
polybutadiene
scriene
sex hygiene
sleep hygiene
triene

Synonyms and antonyms of feminine hygiene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feminine hygiene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMININE HYGIENE

Find out the translation of feminine hygiene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feminine hygiene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feminine hygiene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

女性卫生用品
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la higiene femenina
570 millions of speakers

English

feminine hygiene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्त्री स्वच्छता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النظافة المؤنث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

женской гигиены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

higiene feminina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেয়েলি স্বাস্থ্যবিধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hygiène féminine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebersihan feminin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Damenhygiene
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

女性用衛生
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여성 위생
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kebersihan wanita
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vệ sinh phụ nữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண்களின் ஆரோக்கியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाजूक स्वच्छता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kadınsı hijyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

igiene femminile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kobieca higiena
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жіночої гігієни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

igienă feminină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γυναικείας υγιεινής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vroulike higiëne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mensskydd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feminine hygiene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feminine hygiene

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMININE HYGIENE»

The term «feminine hygiene» is regularly used and occupies the 72.896 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of feminine hygiene
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMININE HYGIENE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feminine hygiene» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feminine hygiene» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feminine hygiene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMININE HYGIENE»

Discover the use of feminine hygiene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feminine hygiene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
50 Ways to Use Feminine Hygiene Products in a Manly Manner
IF YOU ARE NOT A SELF ASSURED MALE, PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND BACK AWAY!
B. Koz, 2008
2
Market Research Report on FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS ...
36 Figure 21 Johnson & Johnson Ltd- Total Sales & Segment Sales (2009-11, In INR Billions) ................................................................ 36 Figure 22 Johnson & Johnson Ltd and PGHHL- Feminine Hygiene Sales Contribution to Total Sales .
NPCS Team, 2014
3
Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and the Spirit ...
lion gallons of 'Lysol'Disinfectant a year for general disinfection and for feminine hygiene.”50 The piece named two free booklets — Protecting the Home against Disease and The Facts about Feminine Hygiene. We interrupt the historical ...
Amy Laura Hall, 2008
4
Chemical Composition of Everyday Products
FEMININE HYGIENE TREATMENTS (2) The human female vagina ("sheath") is a tubular, elastic, fibromuscular organ measuring approximately eight to ten centimeters (three to four inches) in length. Lined internally with a mucus membrane, ...
John Toedt, Darrell Koza, Kathleen Van Cleef-Toedt, 2005
5
Outlook Profit
The Indian feminine hygiene market is a potentially lucrative one, estimated to be worth Rs 1,630 crore by 2013 – a 17 per cent jump from the current Rs 743 crore. It's not just the size that companies are salivating over; rather, it's the fact that ...
6
Women's Studies in Thailand: Power, Knowledge, and Justice
The content of the discourse from pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies that advertise these products refer to them as "feminine hygiene products" and promotes the capacity of such products to provide 'protection,' and especially the ability ...
Suwann? Sath???nan, 2004
7
Women and Health in America: Historical Readings
Advertisements in retailing trade journals such as Chain Store Age recounted a plethora of feminine hygiene sales success stories; although the ads varied, their transcendent morale told the same good news: selling feminine hygiene ...
Judith Walzer Leavitt, 1999
8
Outlook Money
WHYBUY. PGHH brands Vicks and Whisper are prominent in their product categories PER CAPITA consumption of feminine hygiene products is low, giving it a large untapped market potential to exploit ...
9
Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons
A voiceover extolled the virtues of a wonderful product called FDS Feminine Hygiene Deodorant Spray. The last scene featured the woman seated alone at the beautifully set table. She hears the door open and leaps up, moaning, "He's home!
Lynn Peril, 2002
10
Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
Advertisements in retailing trade journals such as Chain Store Age recounted a plethora of feminine hygiene sales success stories; although the ads varied, they conveyed the same good news: selling feminine hygiene guaranteed a higher ...
Andrea Tone, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMININE HYGIENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feminine hygiene is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Empowerment through Feminine Hygiene
Eco Femme, Auroville Village Action Group. AVAG, cloth-pads, self- Eco Femme is the effort of a small team of volunteers who live and work at ... «Moneylife, Jul 15»
2
Jay Critchley, a 'born again artist'
... to create art, but also to ban the manufacture and sale of non-biodegradable feminine hygiene products that were littering the ocean. For the ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
Two charged in body wash, lotion theft
Stolen body wash, lotion and a feminine hygiene product landed two people in trouble, officials said. Iredell Sheriff Darren Campbell said ... «Statesville Record & Landmark, Jul 15»
4
Global Non-woven Wipes Market 2015-2019 with Ahlstrom, Asahi …
Growing adoption of baby wipes and feminine hygiene products among consumers is boosting the share of the Global Non-woven Wipes ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
5
Someone Has Created Minions Tampons And We're Feeling Pretty …
I bet you never thought you would see the day that the worlds of Minions and feminine hygiene products collide. Well, today's the day as Kotex ... «MTV UK, Jul 15»
6
Massie Williams on #likeagirl campaign, "It's time for girls to be free"
The eighteen-year-old Game of Thrones star has become the new face of "Always", a feminine hygiene product company, and has helped the ... «Realty Today, Jul 15»
7
Menstrual man Arunachalam Muruganantham helps world's poor …
Arunachalam Muruganantham, who has challenged multinational corporations that control the “feminine hygiene” market, is giving a talk in ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
8
Would You Use A Minion As A Tampon? One Company Took The …
Just as well really, we don't think we could face looking at these amongst the feminine hygiene products. We'll stick to keeping the fun on the silver screen. «Her.ie, Jul 15»
9
Shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) Sees Large Inflow …
On October 23, 2013, it completed the acquisition of the Stayfree pad, Carefree liner and o.b. tampon feminine hygiene brands in the United ... «American Trade Journal, Jul 15»
10
In a new #LikeAGirl ad, girls talk about what society tells them they …
A new ad from Procter & Gamble's feminine hygiene brand Always asks girls, “Have you ever been told because you're a girl, that you should ... «Quartz, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Feminine hygiene [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/feminine-hygiene>. Apr 2024 ».
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