hygiene

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈhaɪˌdʒiːn/ 🇺🇸 /ˈhaɪˌdʒiːn/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The science and practice of maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.; A set of practices or conditions conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease.; In computing, the practice of maintaining clean and well-organized code or data.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

personal hygienegood hygienepoor hygieneoral hygienehygiene standardshygiene practiceshygiene habits

Derivatives

hygienichygienicallyhygienistunhygienic

Synonyms

cleanlinesssanitationsanitarinesspurity

Antonyms

filthdirtinesssqualor

Commonly confused

hygienic
EN: 'Hygienic' is the adjective form meaning conducive to good health; 'hygiene' is the noun referring to the practice or science of cleanliness.
sanitation
EN: 'Sanitation' refers more broadly to public health infrastructure (sewage, waste disposal); 'hygiene' focuses more on personal or domestic cleanliness practices.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the correct order of vowels: 'hygiene' ends in '-iene', not '-eine' or '-gene'. A common misspelling is 'hygeine'.

💬 Examples

  1. Good personal hygiene is essential to prevent the spread of infections.

  2. The restaurant was shut down due to poor kitchen hygiene.

  3. Developers should follow good code hygiene to make their projects maintainable.