"Even" meaning in English

See Even in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /əˈvɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Russian Эве́нский (Evénskij), from эвэн (evɛn), of Tungusic origin. Compare Evenki. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|Эве́нский}} Russian Эве́нский (Evénskij), {{m|ru|эвэн}} эвэн (evɛn), {{der|en|tuw|-}} Tungusic, {{m|en|Evenki}} Evenki Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Even
  1. A Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia and the Russian Far East. Categories (topical): Demonyms, Languages, Nationalities Translations (language): 埃文語 (Chinese Mandarin), 埃文语 (Āiwényǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), eveens (Dutch), эвэды торэн (əwədi torən) (Even), eveni (Finnish), évène (French), Ewenisch (die ewenische Sprache) [neuter] (German), エヴェン語 (english: even go) (Japanese), evensk (Norwegian Nynorsk), эве́нский (evénskij) (Russian), evenčina (Slovak), evence (Turkish), еве́нська (evénsʹka) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Even-en-name-Q2YLmvBB Disambiguation of Demonyms: 53 47 Disambiguation of Languages: 59 41 Disambiguation of Nationalities: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48

Noun

IPA: /əˈvɛn/ Forms: Evens [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Russian Эве́нский (Evénskij), from эвэн (evɛn), of Tungusic origin. Compare Evenki. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|Эве́нский}} Russian Эве́нский (Evénskij), {{m|ru|эвэн}} эвэн (evɛn), {{der|en|tuw|-}} Tungusic, {{m|en|Evenki}} Evenki Head templates: {{en-noun}} Even (plural Evens)
  1. An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in Siberia and the Russian Far East. Categories (topical): Demonyms, Nationalities Synonyms: Lamut (english: former name) Translations (ethnic Even): 埃文人 (Āiwénrén) (Chinese Mandarin), ӄаарамкын (qaaramkyn) (Chukchi), эвэн (əwən) (Even), eveeni (Finnish), Évène [feminine, masculine] (French), Ewene [masculine] (German), Ewenin [feminine] (German), エヴェン (even) (Japanese), эрпэйэ (erpeje) (Northern Yukaghir), эве́н (evén) (Russian), эрпэйэ (erpeje) (Southern Yukaghir), even (Turkish), еве́н (evén) (Ukrainian), эвен (even) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-Even-en-noun-GU~myZ1d Disambiguation of Demonyms: 53 47 Disambiguation of Nationalities: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48

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      "sense": "ethnic Even",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ewenin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "even",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "エヴェン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ykg",
      "lang": "Northern Yukaghir",
      "roman": "erpeje",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "эрпэйэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evén",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "эве́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "yux",
      "lang": "Southern Yukaghir",
      "roman": "erpeje",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "эрпэйэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "even"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "evén",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "еве́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "even",
      "sense": "ethnic Even",
      "word": "эвен"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Even"
}

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