Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean, especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases.
Be extra careful about personal hygiene.
Synonyms: cleanliness, sanitation, disinfection, sterility More Synonyms of hygiene
hygiene in British English
(ˈhaɪdʒiːn)
noun
1. Also called: hygienics
the science concerned with the maintenance of health
2.
clean or healthy practices or thinking
personal hygiene
Word origin
C18: from New Latin hygiēna, from Greek hugieinē, from hugiēs healthy
hygiene in American English
(ˈhaɪˌdʒin; haɪˈdʒin)
noun
1.
the science of health and its maintenance; system of principles for the preservation of health and prevention of disease
2.
sanitary practices; cleanliness
personal hygiene
Word origin
Fr hygiène < Gr hygieinē (technē), (art) of health < hygiēs, healthy, sound < IE *su-gwiyēs, living well < base *su-, well ( > Sans su-, well) + base *gwei-, to live > Gr bios, life, L vivus, living
COBUILD Collocations
hygiene
basic hygiene
food hygiene
hand hygiene
poor hygiene
Examples of 'hygiene' in a sentence
hygiene
It is killed by cooking but can be passed on through poor hygiene.
The Sun (2016)
Experts blame high amounts of sugar in food and drink as well as poor oral hygiene.
The Sun (2017)
The company admitted breaching food safety and hygiene regulations.
The Sun (2016)
This is a basic hygiene factor, ” he added.
Computing (2010)
Good hygiene is always important.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With cats you get good personal hygiene (sort of) and majestic indifference.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But on his days off, he doesn't bother with personal hygiene.
The Sun (2017)
Yet poor oral hygiene is linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
The Sun (2012)
We do require en suite facilities and the certainty that hygiene is good in the kitchens.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We have the highest standards of food hygiene.
The Sun (2014)
Men put in just six months on their personal hygiene.
The Sun (2012)
The importance of hygiene and health cannot be stressed enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Time for a mindset change in basic hygiene?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
An environmental health officer checking the kitchen for hygiene was left stunned.
The Sun (2014)
They keep cats or have poor personal hygiene.
The Sun (2013)
This is usually easy to treat with good lid hygiene.
The Sun (2011)
They said that food and hygiene were bad.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The health and hygiene brigade would throw a wobbly.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This survey shows that basic cleanliness and hygiene issues are being ignored by hotel staff.
The Sun (2014)
There is no evidence that poor facial hygiene plays a part.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The food hygiene experts went to the diner after giving it five stars during their routine inspections.
The Sun (2013)
Naples has always had a tenuous and insecure grasp upon health and hygiene.
Alan Whicker Whicker's War
This calls for a lesson in basic hygiene.
The Sun (2008)
Their trips were ruined and many blamed poor hygiene.
The Sun (2013)
Good hygiene is an essential part of the defence against flu.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The kitchen Dirt speaks volumes about your personal hygiene and how you view yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is of course, essential to take extra care of your personal hygiene.
Lamplugh, Diana & Sterwin, Diana & Nottidge, Pamela Survive the Nine to Five - a woman's guide to working well (1989)
That gives you some reassurance about hygiene, practice, equipment and premises.
The Sun (2010)
Despite regular visits to the dentist and strict oral hygiene practices, I am unable to rid myself of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
hygiene
British English: hygiene /ˈhaɪdʒiːn/ NOUN
Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean, especially in order to prevent the spread of disease.
Be careful about personal hygiene.
American English: hygiene
Arabic: نَظَافَة
Brazilian Portuguese: higiene
Chinese: 卫生
Croatian: higijena
Czech: hygiena
Danish: hygiejne
Dutch: hygiëne
European Spanish: higiene
Finnish: hygienia
French: hygiène
German: Hygiene
Greek: υγιεινή
Italian: igiene
Japanese: 衛生
Korean: 위생학
Norwegian: hygiene
Polish: higiena
European Portuguese: higiene
Romanian: igienă
Russian: гигиена
Latin American Spanish: higiene
Swedish: hygien
Thai: อนามัย
Turkish: hijyen
Ukrainian: гігієна
Vietnamese: vệ sinh
All related terms of 'hygiene'
sex hygiene
practices undertaken in order to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections
basic hygiene
Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean , especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases.
food hygiene
Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean , especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases.
hand hygiene
Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean , especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases.
oral hygiene
the maintenance of the teeth and gums in healthy condition, esp by proper brushing , the removal of plaque , etc
poor hygiene
Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean , especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases.
sleep hygiene
the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
dental hygiene
the maintenance of the teeth and gums in healthy condition, esp by proper brushing , the removal of plaque , etc
feminine hygiene
hygiene relating to specifically female aspects of the body
industrial hygiene
the science that assesses , controls, and prevents occupational factors or sources of stress in the workplace that may significantly affect the health and well-being of employees or of the community in general
personal hygiene
bodily cleanliness
Chinese translation of 'hygiene'
hygiene
(ˈhaɪdʒiːn)
n(u)
卫(衛)生 (wèishēng)
(noun)
Definition
the principles and practices of health and cleanliness
Be extra careful about personal hygiene.
Synonyms
cleanliness
Many of the beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.
sanitation
the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation
disinfection
sterility
sanitary measures
hygienics
Additional synonyms
in the sense of sanitation
Definition
the drainage and disposal of sewage
the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation