Meanings
comparative more hygienic · superlative most hygienic
- computingWhose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
1 more example
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 systems.
2014, Colin Jones, Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to promote or preserve health
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchhygiénique
- Englishhygienic
From French hygiénique. Displaced earlier hygienal.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Brazilian Portuguese higiênico
- higiênicopertaining to hygiene
Bulgarian хигиеничен
- хигиеничен (higieničen)pertaining to hygiene
Catalan higiènic
- higiènicpertaining to hygiene
Chinese Mandarin 衛生 /卫生
- 衛生 /卫生 (wèishēng)pertaining to hygiene
Czech hygienický
- hygienickýpertaining to hygiene
Danish hygiejnisk
- hygiejniskpertaining to hygiene
Dutch hygiënisch
- hygiënischpertaining to hygiene
Esperanto higiena
- higienapertaining to hygiene
European Portuguese higiénico
- higiénicopertaining to hygiene
Finnish hygieeninen
- hygieeninenpertaining to hygiene
French hygiénique
- hygiéniquepertaining to hygiene
German hygienisch
- hygienischpertaining to hygiene
Greek υγιεινός
- υγιεινός (ygieinós)pertaining to hygiene
Hungarian higiénikus
- higiénikuspertaining to hygiene
Indonesian higienis
- higienispertaining to hygiene
Irish sláinteach, sláintiúil
- sláinteachpertaining to hygiene
- sláintiúilpertaining to hygiene
Italian igienico
- igienicopertaining to hygiene
Japanese 衛生的
- 衛生的 (eiseiteki)pertaining to hygiene
Māori pokekore
- pokekorepertaining to hygiene
Norwegian Bokmål hygienisk
- hygieniskpertaining to hygiene
Polish higieniczny, sanitarny
- higienicznypertaining to hygiene
- sanitarnypertaining to hygiene
Romanian igienic
- igienicpertaining to hygiene
Russian гигиени́ческий
- гигиени́ческий (gigijeníčeskij)pertaining to hygiene
Spanish higiénico
- higiénicopertaining to hygiene
Swedish hygienisk
- hygieniskpertaining to hygiene
Thai อนามัย
- อนามัย (à-naa-mai)pertaining to hygiene
Ukrainian гігієні́чний
- гігієні́чний (hihijeníčnyj)pertaining to hygiene
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hygienic
Cite this entry
hygienic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygienic
“hygienic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygienic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hygienic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygienic.
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