"even number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: even numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} even number (plural even numbers)
  1. A positive integer that can be divided by two, and two itself. Categories (topical): Numbers Translations (positive integer that can be divided by two): عَدَد زَوْجِيّ (ʕadad zawjiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), nombre parell [masculine] (Catalan), фонфур (fonfur) [Dungan] (Chinese), 偶數 (Chinese Mandarin), 偶数 (ǒushù) (Chinese Mandarin), 雙數 (Chinese Mandarin), 双数 (shuāngshù) (Chinese Mandarin), lige tal [neuter] (Danish), para nombro (Esperanto), parillinen luku (Finnish), nombre pair [masculine] (French), ლუწი რიცხვი (luc̣i ricxvi) (Georgian), gerade Zahl [feminine] (German), מִסְפָּר זוּגִי (Hebrew), מספר זוגי (mispár zugí) [masculine] (Hebrew), समान संख्या (samān saṅkhyā) [masculine] (Hindi), páros szám (Hungarian), ré-uimhir [feminine] (Irish), uimhir chothrom [feminine] (Irish), 偶数 (gūsū) (alt: ぐうすう) (Japanese), 짝수 (jjaksu) (Korean), 우수 (usu) [obsolete] (Korean), hejmara cot (Northern Kurdish), jimareya cot (Northern Kurdish), partall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), partal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زوج (zevc) (Ottoman Turkish), عدد زوج (Persian), liczba parzysta [feminine] (Polish), número par [masculine] (Portuguese), чётное число́ (čótnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), àireamh chothrom [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), número par [masculine] (Spanish), bilang na tukol (Tagalog), คู่ (kûu) (Thai), เลขคู่ (Thai), çift sayı (Turkish), số chẵn (Vietnamese), eilrif [masculine] (Welsh), rhif gwastad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-even_number-en-noun-QqHO-ltL Disambiguation of Numbers: 45 36 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 33 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 40 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 32 13 Disambiguation of 'positive integer that can be divided by two': 64 35 2
  2. (mathematics) An integer that is divisible by two. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-even_number-en-noun-XBsyhS5u Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see even, number. (a number that is equal or equivalent) Derived forms: even-numbered
    Sense id: en-even_number-en-noun-mSTFa6zU

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "para nombro"
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "מִסְפָּר זוּגִי"
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      "roman": "mispár zugí",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "word": "समान संख्या"
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "páros szám"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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      "word": "partall"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "عدد زوج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liczba parzysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número par"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čótnoje čisló",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чётное число́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àireamh chothrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "número par"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "bilang na tukol"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kûu",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "คู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "เลขคู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "çift sayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "word": "số chẵn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eilrif"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "positive integer that can be divided by two",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhif gwastad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "even number"
}

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