Hyena

//haɪˈiːnə//

Synonyms for "hyena" (60 found)

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Strong matches (18)

Noun(2 words)
hyaenahyaenid

Related words (30)

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Related terms

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capable of

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

152 translations across 126 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • hiëna noun (mammal)

Albanian

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  • hienë noun (mammal)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ዥብ noun (mammal)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • γλάνος noun (mammal)
  • ὕαινα noun (mammal)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ذِيخ noun (mammal)
  • ضبع noun (mammal)
  • ضَبُع noun (mammal)
  • ضَبْع noun (mammal)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܐܰܦܥܳܐ noun (mammal)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բորենի noun (mammal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • goreşən noun (mammal)
  • kaftar noun (mammal)

Barein

1 entries
  • búlmí noun (mammal)

Bari

1 entries
  • gworong noun (mammal)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һыртлан noun (mammal)

Basque

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гіе́на noun (mammal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • হায়েনা noun (mammal)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • хие́на noun (mammal)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဟိုင်းအီနာ noun (mammal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کەمتیار noun (mammal)

Cerma

1 entries
  • maamuŋo noun (mammal)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries
  • مرفعين noun (mammal)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • fisi noun (mammal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 海乙那 noun (mammal)
  • 鬣狗 noun (mammal)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ϩⲉⲓϯ noun (mammal)
  • ϩⲱⲓϯ noun (mammal)

Czech

1 entries
  • hyena noun (mammal)

Dagbani

1 entries
  • kunduŋ noun (mammal)

Danish

1 entries
  • hyæne noun (mammal)

Dime

1 entries
  • nayi noun (mammal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • hyena noun (mammal)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • hṯt noun (mammal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • hieno noun (mammal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hüään noun (mammal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hyeena noun (mammal)

French

1 entries
  • hyène noun (mammal)

Friulian

1 entries
  • jene noun (mammal)

Galician

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Ge'ez

1 entries
  • ዝእብ noun (mammal)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აფთარი noun (mammal)

German

1 entries
  • Hyäne noun (mammal)

Greek

1 entries
  • ύαινα noun (mammal)

Gwere

1 entries
  • mpiti noun (mammal)

Hausa

1 entries
  • kūrā noun (mammal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צָבוֹעַ noun (mammal)

Hindi

2 entries
  • तरच्छ noun (mammal)
  • लकड़बग्घा noun (mammal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hiéna noun (mammal)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • híena noun (mammal)
  • hýena noun (mammal)

Igbo

1 entries
  • nkịta ọhịa noun (mammal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dubuk noun (mammal)

Irish

1 entries
  • hiéana noun (mammal)

Italian

1 entries
  • iena noun (mammal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ハイエナ noun (mammal)
  • 鬣犬 noun (mammal)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕತ್ತೆಕಿರುಬ noun (mammal)

Karang

1 entries
  • mgburum noun (mammal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қорқау noun (mammal)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • hiti noun (mammal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 하이에나 noun (mammal)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • гиена noun (mammal)
  • көкжал noun (mammal)

Lao

3 entries
  • ສຸນັກໄນ noun (mammal)
  • ຫມາໃນ noun (mammal)
  • ໝາໄນ noun (mammal)

Latin

1 entries
  • hyaena noun (mammal)

Latvian

1 entries
  • hiēna noun (mammal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Luba-Kasai

1 entries
  • kimungu noun (mammal)

Luba-Katanga

1 entries
  • kimungu noun (mammal)

Maasai

1 entries
  • olng'ojine noun (mammal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • хие́на noun (mammal)

Magahi

1 entries
  • 𑂍𑂳𑂞𑂪𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂚 noun (mammal)

Malay

2 entries
  • dubuk noun (mammal)
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കഴുതപ്പുലി noun (mammal)

Maltese

1 entries
  • jena noun (mammal)

Mandinka

1 entries
  • suluwo noun (mammal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • तरस noun (mammal)

Middle English

1 entries
  • hiene noun (mammal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • цөөвөр чоно noun (mammal)

Nandi

1 entries
  • kimaket noun (mammal)

Njyem

1 entries
  • bʉʉ noun (mammal)

Nkonya

1 entries
  • ɔkpataku noun (mammal)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • keftar noun (mammal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • hyene noun (mammal)

Nuer

1 entries
  • yak noun (mammal)

Nupe

1 entries
  • màkundunnu noun (mammal)

Old English

1 entries
  • nihtgenġe noun (mammal)

Oromo

1 entries
  • waraabessa noun (mammal)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صرتلان noun (mammal)

Pashto

3 entries
  • اښوپړانګ noun (mammal)
  • کوږ noun (mammal)
  • کوږبل noun (mammal)

Persian

1 entries
  • کفتار noun (mammal)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • jen-a noun (mammal)

Polish

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Rendille

1 entries
  • waraba noun (mammal)

Romanian

2 entries
  • hiene noun (mammal)
  • hienă noun (mammal)

Russian

1 entries
  • гие́на noun (mammal)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • तरक्षु noun (mammal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • hijéna noun (mammal)
  • хије́на noun (mammal)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • goto noun (mammal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hyena noun (mammal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • hijena noun (mammal)

Somali

1 entries
  • waraabe noun (mammal)

Spanish

1 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • fisi noun (mammal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hyena noun (mammal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • yena noun (mammal)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кафтор noun (mammal)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கழுதைப்புலி noun (mammal)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • ⵉⴼⵉⵙ noun (mammal)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сыртлан noun (mammal)

Tedaga

1 entries
  • zoor noun (mammal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • దుమ్ములగొండి noun (mammal)

Thai

2 entries
  • หมาใน noun (mammal)
  • ไฮยีน่า noun (mammal)

Tooro

1 entries
  • empisi class 9 noun (mammal)

Tswana

1 entries
  • phiri noun (mammal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • sırtlan noun (mammal)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • syrtlan noun (mammal)

Uduk

1 entries
  • nyùrúny noun (mammal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гіє́на noun (mammal)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لکر بگھا noun (mammal)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • سرتلان noun (mammal)
  • سىرتلان noun (mammal)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • sirtlon noun (mammal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • linh cẩu noun (mammal)

Volapük

1 entries
  • hüen noun (mammal)

Walloon

1 entries
  • iyinne noun (mammal)

Welsh

2 entries
  • hiena noun (mammal)
  • udfil noun (mammal)

Wolof

1 entries
  • bukki bi noun (mammal)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • היענע noun (mammal)
  • צָבוֹעַ noun (mammal)

Yoruba

3 entries
  • kòrikò noun (mammal)
  • ìkookò noun (mammal)
  • ìkòrikò noun (mammal)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • keftal noun (mammal)

Zulu

1 entries
  • impisi noun (mammal)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Social networks enable men to revive their instinct of pack hunters, like hyena.

Source: tatoeba (1035111)

A lion is certainly much stronger than a sole hyena but there were three times as many hyenas there as lions.

Source: tatoeba (4465761)

The hyena laughs.

Source: tatoeba (4538786)

The hyena imitates the human voice.

Source: tatoeba (5144096)

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